The Latest Breaking News from EC

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The Min Buri Court has sentenced Nateepat Kulsetasit, a Move Forward Party list MP-elect, to two months in jail, suspended for two years, and fined her 4,000 baht for drink-driving.

Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is suited to the job of salvaging a Democrat Party crushed in Sunday's general election, according to deputy party leader Sathit Pitutecha.

The We Watch group has called on the Election Commission (EC) to hurry up with the vote count and officially announce the poll results soon so the new government can be formed and get to work quickly.

The Election Commission of India, has published on its website, the text of the amended constitution of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).

Sentiment surrounding the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) was downbeat on Monday, despite Sunday's landslide election win, as investors dumped shares related to politics and big-cap stocks that might be adversely affected by the policies of the Move Forward Party, analysts say.

Experts and civic group activists attribute the low turnout (Bengaluru: 55%, as compared to 73.19% for entire Karnataka) to errors in voter rolls, like duplication, deletion, and mismatched entries, and voters being forced to go from one booth to another searching for their names in the electoral rolls.

US ambassador Robert Godec on Monday issued the following statement regarding the May 14 general election.

The Election Commission on Monday allowed the caretaker cabinet of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to spend 10.46 billion baht from its contingency fund to subsidise household power charges.

The National Green Tribunal’s southern zone bench in Chennai has recommended that the State-Level Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs) may be brought under the direct administrative control of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to avoid the “eagerness” shown by them to grant environment clearances to…

Fuel margins have increased across the retail market, but in particular for supermarkets, over the past four years, says competition watchdog