BBC Online :
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled the 2 February general election invalid, officials say.
The snap poll was called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra amid major anti-government protests in Bangkok.
The ruling party was expected to win, but the opposition boycotted it and protesters disrupted voting, meaning the election has not been completed.
The vote was unconstitutional because it did not take place on the same day across the country, the court said.
Polls were not held in a number of constituencies because protesters had blocked candidate registration.
The court, which ruled to void the election by six votes to three, was responding to a motion by a law lecturer who had challenged the election on a number of points.
It is not clear when a new election will be held. But protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, deputy prime minister when the opposition were in power, said another election would face similar problems.
“If a new election date is declared, then we’ll take care of every province and the election won’t be successful again,” he said late on Thursday.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court has ruled the 2 February general election invalid, officials say.
The snap poll was called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra amid major anti-government protests in Bangkok.
The ruling party was expected to win, but the opposition boycotted it and protesters disrupted voting, meaning the election has not been completed.
The vote was unconstitutional because it did not take place on the same day across the country, the court said.
Polls were not held in a number of constituencies because protesters had blocked candidate registration.
The court, which ruled to void the election by six votes to three, was responding to a motion by a law lecturer who had challenged the election on a number of points.
It is not clear when a new election will be held. But protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, deputy prime minister when the opposition were in power, said another election would face similar problems.
“If a new election date is declared, then we’ll take care of every province and the election won’t be successful again,” he said late on Thursday.
