A new vote will be held in constituency 8 in Chiang Mai after Surapol Kietchaiyakorn of the Pheu Thai Party was stripped of his victory. (Bangkok Post file photo)The Election Commission (EC) will hold a new election in a Chiang Mai constituency after it ruled the winning Pheu Thai Party candidate violated the election law by giving money to a prominent monk. The EC order means Surapol Kietchaiyakorn of Pheu Thai will be banned from politics for one year. Surapol Kietchaiyakorn of the Pheu Thai Party. The Pheu Thai candidate cannot contest the seat again as the allegation bars him from politics for one year.

Source: Bangkok Post April 24, 2019 08:03 UTC