Qualifications and Disqualifications of Persons Entitled to Vote in the Elections of
the Bangkok Governor, Members of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Council,
the Pattaya City Mayor, and Members of the Pattaya City Council
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The Office of the Election Commission of Thailand publicises the qualifications and disqualifications of persons entitled to vote in the elections of the Bangkok Governor, Members of Bangkok Metropolitan Council, Members of the Pattaya City Council, and Pattaya City Mayor, which will be held on Sunday, 28 June 2026, as follows:

          Qualifications of persons entitled to vote

          1. being of Thai nationality, provided that a person who has acquired Thai nationality by naturalisation must hold Thai nationality for not less than five years.

          2. being not less than eighteen years of age on the election date (must have been born before 30 June 2008).

          3. having his name listed in a household register in the constituency for a consecutive period of not less than one year up to the election date (must have been registered in the household register before 29 June 2025).

          4. having other qualifications as provided by the law establishing the local government organisation.

Disqualifications from Exercising the Right to Vote

          A person of the following descriptions on the election date is a person prohibited from exercising the right to vote:

·      being a Buddhist monk, Buddhist novice, member of the clergy or priest.

·          being under revocation of the right to vote, whether the case in question is final or not.

·      being detained by a warrant of the Court or by a lawful order.

·      being of unsound mind or of mental infirmity.

·          being of other descriptions as provided by the law establishing the local government organisation.

For further information, please visit the website of the Office of the Election Commission of Thailand at www.ect.go.th, the Provincial Office of the Election Commission of Bangkok, the Provincial Office of the Election Commission of Chonburi, or the hotline service at 1444.

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