The Office of the Election Commission has invited members of the public to observe the live vote-counting process on the website www.ectreport.com.
If you are unable to vote in the upcoming elections, you have three ways to report your inability:
1. Notify your local or district registrar.
2. Send a letter, which you can do by downloading a form from the Election Commission of Thailand's website, and either send it yourself, have someone else submit it, or mail it.
3. Report through the stat.bora.dopa.go.th website or the Smart Vote app.
Remember, you can report your inability to vote from May 7th-13th, and May 15th-21st.
If you do not vote without providing a reason, you will face penalties for two years. These include being unable to apply for certain elected positions such as a Member of the House of Representatives, Senator, or village headman, as well as being unable to hold certain political civil servant positions.
The 2023 General Election of Members of the House of Representatives: Vote Counting and Result Announcement Process
1) Polling Places consist of regular polling places, advance voting polling places in the constituencies, out of the constituencies, overseas voting and polling places for the disabled, or handicapped or the elderly (only in 21 provinces).
2) Regular Polling Places (Sunday 14th May 2023)
Counting starts right after 17.00 hrs without delay at such polling places.
Vote counting results will be announced, as soon as the count is finished, in the form of Sor.Sor. 5/18 (ส.ส. 5/18) which include the following details:
- Number of eligible voters
- Number of ballots received
- Number of persons present to exercise the right to vote
- Number of used ballots
- Votes received by each candidate
- Votes received by each party
- Number of valid ballots
- Number of invalid ballots
- Number of ballots marked in the “not electing anyone” box
- Number of ballots marked in the “not electing any party” box
- Number of remaining ballot papers
3) Advance voting polling places: voting in the constituencies and polling places for the disabled, handicapped or the elderly (May 7, 2023)
Votes will be counted on the same day as the regular polling places,on Sunday (May 14).
Counting starts right after 17.00 hrs (without delay) at the place designated by the Constituency’s Election Committee (at the Administrative Center of such constituency).
Vote counting results will be announced in the form of Sor.Sor. 5/16 (ส.ส. 5/16) which include the following details:
- Number of ballots received
- Votes received by each candidate
- Votes received by each party
- Number of valid ballots
- Number of invalid ballots
- Number of ballots marked in the “not electing anyone” box
- Number of ballots marked in the “not electing any party” box
- Number of remaining ballot papers
4) Advance voting polling places: voting out of the constituencies, overseas voting and voting places for the disabled, handicapped or the elderly (Sunday 7th March, for overseas voting, on the date set by the Ambassadors.)
Votes will be counted on the same day as the regular polling places,on Sunday (May 14).
Counting starts right after 17.00 hrs (without delay) at the place designated by the Constituency’s Election Committee (at the Administrative Center of such constituency or other places if there are large numbers of registered voters)
Vote counting results will be announced in the form of Sor.Sor. 5/17 (ส.ส. 5/17) which include the following details:
- Number of ballots received
- Votes received by each candidate
- Votes received by each party
- Number of valid ballots
- Number of invalid ballots
- Number of ballots marked in the “not electing anyone” box
- Number of ballots marked in the “not electing any party” box
- Number of remaining ballot papers
5) The Constituency’s Election Committee gathers vote counting results of the candidates in the constituency basis in 2, 3 and 4 at the Administrative Center of such constituency. When the vote aggregation is finished, the results will be announced immediately in descending order. The candidate who obtains the highest number of votes, provided it is higher than the number of votes cast for not electing anyone, shall be elected. The aggregated results will be displayed on a large billboard at the Administrative Center of such constituency.
6) The Constituency’s Election Committee gathers vote counting results of the candidates in the party-list system in Nos 2, 3 and 4 at the Administrative Center of such constituency. When the votes aggregation is finished, the results will be immediately announced in consecutive order of the party list. The said results will then be forwarded to the Office of the Election Commission, where the results from all 400 constituencies will be aggregated and the proportion of elected candidates of the party list calculated. The aggregated results of each constituency will be displayed on a large billboard at the Administrative Center.
7) Aggregated results of Nos 5 and 6 are expected to be publicly released around 18.30 hrs.
The process of aggregation will proceed continuously. It is estimated that the final results will be known by 23.00 hrs on Sunday (May 14).
8) Security of Documents: an announcement of vote counting results of each polling station
Vote counting results form shall be made in 3 copies. The first copy will be used for vote aggregation. The second copy will be posted in front of polling places for the benefit of the public.
The third copy will be stored in the ballot boxes along with used ballots (ballot casts) and the tally mark form. Only the Election Commission has the power to decide on the opening of the ballot box.
9) Transparency of Documents: an announcement of vote counting results
The results announcement will be posted in front of each polling place and each vote counting place.
The said announcement will also be posted on all Provincial and Bangkok Election Commission Office websites within 5 days from the election date.
Process leading up to the announcement of vote counting results and election personnel involved:
The vote count will proceed over the following five stages:
1) The Polling Station Committees of regular polling stations and Vote Counting Committees of advance voting – both inside and outside each constituency – and polling stations for the disabled, handicapped and elderly.
2) The District Sub-Committees in 76 provinces and the Sub-Committee of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
3) The Constituency Election Committee in each of the 400 constituencies.
4) The Provincial and Bangkok Offices of the Election Commission with the Director of the Provincial and Bangkok Office as head.
5) The Office of the Election Commission with the Secretary-General as head.
Election Results Announcement
The Election Commission will examine and make an announcement on the election results expeditiously. The announcement must be made not later than 60 days from the election date.
