As crowds of voters flocked to polling stations across the country on Sunday (7 May) to vote early or outside of their home province, they faced many issues, from names missing from the registered list to missing candidate profiles.

Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam promises no political vacuum after the election, expecting a government from the parties holding a majority of House seats.

The Election Commission (EC) clarified that a photo allegedly showing vote-buying in Amnat Charoen Province is false, and that in fact it shows the membership registration process of the Palang Pracharath Party. The Party leader said the photo was edited.

4 million extra ballots "not unusual," Election Commission says.

Prajak Kongkirati of the Faculty of Political Science at Thammasat University discussed in Direk Interview the three main factors that could determine the results of the upcoming election.

A Thai national residing in northern Germany revealed an abnormality in the overseas voting process, finding that a flap on the envelope was torn off before it was sent to Germany. They added that another 3 voters in the same house had the same experience.

Election campaign posters along roads in Rayong city were removed last week, with the city municipality claiming that they were put up along the route of a royal motorcade.

The Pheu Thai party is filing a complaint with the Election Commission of Thailand (EC) over a slip-up on a document listing the names of the candidates for Bangkok’s 11th constituency in the upcoming general election, which has been sent to Thai voters registering for overseas voting at the Thai embassy in London.

On 18 April 2023, the Thairath Election Debate 2023 was broadcast on the Thairath TV Youtube channel, with Jomquan Laopetch as moderator. In the final session, each party presented their position on Section 112 of the Criminal Code, the royal defamation or lèse majesté law.

The advance voting registration website went down for several hours on Sunday night (9 April) ahead of the midnight registration deadline, leading to calls for the Election Commission to extend the registration dates.

Thailand’s election scheduled for 14 May 2023, will be held under political, constitutional, and legal frameworks that make a free and fair process nearly impossible, Human Rights Watch said today (6 April).