Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew kicked off the General Election course of on the island by casting the first vote at the Phuket Auditorium in Phuket Town today. The Phuket Auditorium, positioned at the authorities administration centre on Tha Kraeng Road, is certainly one of 22 polling stations established all through the Talad Yai sub-district of Phuket Town. Candidates are vying for Constituency 1 in the election.
For the first time, Phuket has three seats for Members of Parliament in the House of Representatives up for grabs in a national election, The Phuket News reported. Governor Narong inspired the basic public to train their proper to vote and noted that they may resume their daily activities after casting their ballots.
A complete of 377 polling stations have been set up across the island. Orapin Acheevasuk, Director of the Phuket office of the Election Commission of Thailand, hopes voter turnout might be as excessive as 80%, but at least 70%. She noted that 798 voters have already solid votes on the Phuket Auditorium polling station.
Steps appeared enthusiastic and no situations of aberrant behaviour have been reported, based on Acheevasuk. She said…
“The 377 polling stations in Phuket are prepared in all aspects to accommodate and facilitate voters, who’ve been progressively arriving since this morning.”
Polling stations opened at 8am and will shut at 5pm. Acheevasuk said…
“Today the weather is very good. It is not hot and [so far] not crowded. The election atmosphere so far has been smooth, and there have been no reports of irregularities.”
Acheevasuk anticipates around 800 to 1,000 individuals will end up at every polling station all through the day. However, she advised people to spread their arrival at polling stations across the day to stop overcrowding when the polls close at 5pm.
Acheevasuk reminded voters that they’ll receive two ballot papers: a green one for choosing a candidate, and a purple one for voting on the allocation of celebration list seats. She warned voters to not take pictures of or damage their ballots, as it would be considered a felony offence..