EC: Unofficial voter turnout 45.8% Mon, February 03, 2014 03:09 PM The unofficial turnout of eligible, registered voters in areas where ballots were cast in the Feb 2 election was 45.8%, Election Commission secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong said on Monday. Mr Puchong said according to unofficial reports on the Feb 2 election, of the total of 44,649,742 eligible voters, 20,468,646 or 45.84% turned out to cast their ballots. The figures did not include eligible voters of nine provinces wherevoting was cancelled - Songkhla, Trang, Phatthalung, Phuket, Surat Thani, Ranong, Krabi, Chumphon and Phangnga. The province with the highest turnout was Lamphun with 241,209 (72.80%), followed by Nong Bua Lamphu with a turnout of 277,018 (72.50%) and Bung Kan with 213,627 (70%.). Asked about electionmanagement commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorns offer to acceptresponsibility for not being able to hold voting at more than 10,000 polling units, and to accept transfer to another position,he said the EC chairman and all otherEC members unanimously concluded that Mr Somchai had actedresponsibly and effectively performed his duty in a difficult situation. This is nothing to do with or at fault of Mr. Somchai the government must be held responsible EC: Unofficial voter turnout 45.8% Mon, February 03, 2014 03:09 PM The unofficial turnout of eligible, registered voters in areas where ballots were cast in the Feb 2 election was 45.8%, Election Commission secretary-general Puchong Nutrawong said on Monday. Mr Puchong said according to unofficial reports on the Feb 2 election, of the total of 44,649,742 eligible voters, 20,468,646 or 45.84% turned out to cast their ballots. The figures did not include eligible voters of nine provinces wherevoting was cancelled - Songkhla, Trang, Phatthalung, Phuket, Surat Thani, Ranong, Krabi, Chumphon and Phangnga. The province with the highest turnout was Lamphun with 241,209 (72.80%), followed by Nong Bua Lamphu with a turnout of 277,018 (72.50%) and Bung Kan with 213,627 (70%.). Asked about electionmanagement commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorns offer to acceptresponsibility for not being able to hold voting at more than 10,000 polling units, and to accept transfer to another position,he said the EC chairman and all otherEC members unanimously concluded that Mr Somchai had actedresponsibly and effectively performed his duty in a difficult situation The government must be held responsible not The EC or Mr. Somchai, despite warning from the EC and public the UDD and Yingluck Shiwanatra insisted to carry on with the election. Its a waste of tax payer money. So the caretaker government is to be sue for wasting public fund. He was asked to continue to be in charge of election management, Mr Puchong said.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 09:55:34 +0000