BANGKOK, March 24 (TNA) – Leaders and key figures of major
political parties cast their votes at their respective polling stations
Sunday morning.
Anti-junta Pheu Thai Party’s prime minister candidate
Sudarat Keyuraphan also commented on high voter enthusiasm after she cast her
vote at a Chatuchak district’s polling station. She urged the Election
Commission to ensure free and fair election.
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva said he wanted to
see high turnout and orderly voting after he cast his vote at a polling station
in Bangkok’s Constituency 4 where many voters arrived before the station was
opened at 8 am.
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, leader of the Future Forward
Party, was the first voter to cast ballot at his polling station for Bangkok’s
Constituency 20. He and his wife arrived 15 minutes before the station was opened.
Chatchart Sithiphan, nominated as Pheu Thai’s prime minister
candidate along with Sudarat, rode his electric scooter to vote at a school in
Bangkok’s Ekamai area. He praised officials for smooth voting process.
Chatchart said he was happy to see young voters’ active
engagement in politics during the campaign.
The election is held under a new constitution for the first
time after 2014 military coup. There are about seven million first-time voters
who could lead to a significant change in Thailand’s political landscape.
(TNA)
