More than 2,700 Senate candidates turn up to vote in the final, intra-group round on Thursday at Impact Forum Muang Thong Thani in Bangkok. Pornprom SatrabhayaThe Senate candidacy process has concluded with 200 candidates rounded off for final selection by the regime amid complaints of vote-swapping and vote-buying. The names of the 200 candidates will be posted on the EC's website by tomorrow at the latest, the EC chairman said. Meanwhile, Kamthorn Laosaphan, who failed to make the cut among the 200 candidates, said he planned to petition the Constitutional Court to nullify the Senate candidate selection. A Senate candidate, who requested anonymity, said that on the night before the vote, a group of candidates met in hotels on the outskirts of Bangkok to lobby for votes.

Source: Bangkok Post December 27, 2018 22:07 UTC