Thai EC May Order Recounts at 20 Polling Units

2026-02-17 - 08:06

BANGKOK — 17 February 2026, Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) is expected to order vote recounts at more than 20 polling units after discrepancies were found between the number of ballots cast and the number of voters recorded. The move follows a proposal by the EC Office after officials detected so-called “excess ballots”, where the number of ballot papers did not match the number of voters who turned out. The discrepancies were initially identified through figures posted on the EC Report 69 website, the commission’s unofficial election results platform. The data show a gap of more than 66,000 voters between turnout recorded for constituency MPs and party-list MPs. The inconsistency has so far prevented the EC from releasing the official election results. If the commission resolves to proceed with additional recounts, they are expected to take place in late February, officials said.