By Thai Newsroom Reporters DOZENS OF PREVIOUSLY PROMINENT figures from various walks of life are contesting the complicated, triple-tiered election for senator ranging from a former prime minister, former MPs, senators and provincial governors to former TV news anchors. Competing in an unprecedented, electoral mode in which no constituents are involved in selecting a
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2,000 senatorial applicants disqualified in triple-tiered election
By Thai Newsroom Reporters ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE contesting next month’s triple-tiered senatorial election nationwide have been found so far to be disqualified by law, according to an official of the Election Commission. Out of a total of 48,117 applicants running in the unprecedented election of its kind for a total of 200 senators, 2,021
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By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TOTAL OF 48,117 people nationwide have applied to run for senator in next month’s unprecedented, complicated race to parliament, an official of the Election Commission said today (May 25). Against earlier predictions of as many as 200,000 people contesting the senatorial election next month, only 48,117 have applied since
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