Chumphon Provincial Administrative Organization election: Villagers voted for “Mayor Tong” with 156,806 votes, successfully retaining his seat.
On September 22, 2024, reporters reported that after the ballot boxes were closed for the Chumphon Provincial Administrative Organization mayor election, the Election Commission (ECM) officials began counting and announcing the votes before bringing them to the center located at the Provincial Administrative Organization.
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Chumphon Provincial Administrative Organization election: Villagers voted for “Mayor Tong” with 156,806 votes, successfully retaining his seat.
On September 22, 2024, reporters reported that after the ballot boxes were closed for the Chumphon Provincial Administrative Organization mayor election, the Election Commission (ECM) officials began counting and announcing the votes before bringing them to the center located at the Provincial Administrative Organization. The unofficial results will be known tonight.
In this regard, in the section on candidates for the election of the president of the Chumphon Provincial Administrative Organization, it was found that there was only one person: Mr. Nopphaphon Usit or Mr. Tong The former president of the Chumphon Provincial Administrative Organization, who resigned from his position, returned to run for another term and remained the only candidate without any competitors. The election atmosphere was quiet.
In the case of having only 1 candidate, according to the Local Government Election Act of 2019, Section 111 states that in the case of having the number of candidates equal to the number that should be, with only 1 candidate running for election and the same number of positions applied for, in the case of being elected according to the law, it must be under 2 conditions: receiving more than 10 percent of the number of eligible voters and must have more votes than the number of votes for not selecting any candidate, in order to be elected and be announced as the provincial administrative organization president. However, if these 2 conditions cannot be met, a new election will be announced, accepting new candidates, and the original candidate cannot run again.
The latest report from reporters at 8:30 p.m. shows that 99% of the votes have been counted, with 156,806 votes cast for Mr. Nopporn, or 39.20% of all eligible voters. This initially passed the election criteria for having only one candidate. However, the official announcement from the EC is still pending.