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2 Feb 2021 at 11:58
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The Election Commission has set March 7 for a by-election in constituency 3 of Nakhon Si Thammarat, following the disqualification of Thepthai Senpong of the Democrat Party by the Constitutional Court.
The EC has scheduled candidate registration for Feb 11-15, from 8.30am-4.30pm.
The Constitutional Court on Jan 27 announced the termination of Mr Thepthai's MP status.
The decision was based on the Nakhon Si Thammarat Court's ruling in August 2019, sentencing Mr Thepthai and his brother Manote each to a two-year jail term and a 10-year-ban from politics for vote-buying during the election of the provincial administration organisation chairman in 2014.