EC orders recount at nine more polling stations in five provincesStaff count votes at a polling station in Muang district of Samut Prakan province on Feb 8, 2026. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)The Election Commission (EC) has ordered vote recounts at nine more polling stations in Bangkok and four other provinces. The move followed media reports and complaints alleging irregularities in the performance of polling station or vote-counting committees on Feb 1 and Feb 8, 2026. Details of the polling stations ordered to recount are as follows:Suphan Buri, Constituency 1, Mueang district: Polling station 11 in tambon Sanam Chai — party-list ballots only Suphan Buri, Constituency 2, Bang Pla Ma district: Polling station 4 in tambon Ongkharak — party-list ballots only Suphan Buri, Constituency 2, Song Phi Nong district: Polling station 1 in tambon Bang Tha Then — constituency and party-list ballots Suphan Buri, Constituency 2, Song Phi Nong district: Polling station 4 in tambon Ban Chang — constituency ballots only Chanthaburi, Constituency 1, Laem Sing district: Polling station 6 in tambon Phliew — constituency and party-list ballots Chanthaburi, Constituency 2, Tha Mai district: Polling station 8 in tambon Thung Bencha — constituency and party-list ballots Bangkok, Constituency 6, Din Daeng district: Polling station 74 in Din Daeng — party-list ballots only Trang, Constituency 4, Kantang district: Polling station 18 in tambon Kantang — party-list ballots only Samut Sakhon, Constituency 3, Krathum Baen district: Polling station 33 in tambon Om Noi — party-list ballots onlyAll nine polling stations have been instructed to complete the recounts by March 1. There were 99,487 polling stations in the Feb 8 general election.

Source: Bangkok Post February 25, 2026 13:52 UTC