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Executive Summary

The Election Commission is an independent entity according to
the 2017 Constitution of Thailand, which stipulates that it shall be autonomous
and politically impartial, and aim at administrating, managing, and monitoring
both national and local elections, including referenda, by an honest, fair,

and lawful manner. To achieve these goals, the Election Commission are
challenged by numerous opportunities, limitations, problems, and difficulties.
In the 2023 financial year, the Election Commission and the
Office of Elections Commission shall, – as its crucial duties in pursuant to

the 2017 Constitution of Thailand and the democratic government with the King
as head of the state–, hold the General Election of Members of the House of
Representatives, by-elections to fill the vacant seats in the House of
Representatives, and the elections to fill the vacancies of the local assembly

and local administrators, as well as carrying-out of the electoral innovation
development, training on any essential-issue courses for officers and networks
of the Office. Besides, it includes the publication of printed handbooks and
media to promote the termination of Members of the House of Representatives

due to its complete parliamentary term on the 23rd of March, 2023;
accordingly, the General Election of Members of the House of Representatives
was expected to take place. This time was different from the Thailand’s past
elections that had ever happened, for the 2017 Organic Act of Political Party

and the 2023 Amendment to Organic Act of Political Party (No.2) stipulates
that to nominate the candidate of any political party to run for the Election
of Member of the House of Representatives on constituency and party-list
bases shall proceed with the selection, – or it is called Primary Vote.

The selection of the candidate shall begin with the selection from among
nominees from a political-party branch or from among provincial
representatives of the political party, to seek approval (or disapproval),
initially. Then, such a list of selected nominees shall be proposed to the

selection committee of the political party to consider and give approval
(or disapproval). After that, the list approved by the selection committee
shall be proposed to the executive board of the political party to consider
nominating the political party’s suitable candidate to compete in each

constituency in the Election of Members of the House of Representatives;
besides, the executive board of the political party shall, too, consider

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