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Number 60, Volume 64
721
Royal Gazette

9 December 2490

"Section97.In the initial period, the election of Members of the Chamber of Deputies shall be conducted using the standard number of one Member of the Chamber of Deputies per two hundred thousand people according to the latest census. If the number of the people in any province is less than two hundred thousand, there shall be one Member of the Chamber of Deputies elected in that province. If the number of the people in any province is over two hundred thousand, there shall be one additional Member of the Chamber of Deputies elected in that province per every two hundred thousand inhabitants. A surplus of two hundred thousand shall, if reaching or exceeding one hundred thousand, be counted as two hundred thousand. In addition, the method of combination of provincial areas shall be used as the procedure for the election.

In conducting the election in this initial period, the provisions of the 'Elections Act, 2475 BE' Amendment (No. 3), 2479 Buddhist Era, and the amendments which are to be made, shall apply. However, the age of the election candidates according to the stipulations of section 16(1) of the 'Elections Act, 2475 BE' Amendment (No. 3), 2479 Buddhist Era, shall be designated to be not less than full thirty-five years,