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  • (1) being of Thai nationality, provided that a person who has acquired Thai nationality by naturalisation must hold the Thai nationality for not less than five years;
  • (2) being not less than eighteen years of age on the election day;
  • (3) having his or her name listed in the household register in the constituency for not less than ninety days up to the date of the election.

A voter who resides outside the constituency in which his or her name appears in the household register, or whose name appears in the household register in the constituency for a period of less than ninety days up to the date of the election, or who has a residence outside of the Kingdom may register to vote outside the constituency at the place, and according to the date, time, procedures and conditions prescribed by the Organic Act on the Election of the Members of the House of Representatives.

A voter who fails to vote without notification of a reasonable cause under the Organic Act on the Election of Members of the House of Representatives may be subject to a restriction of certain rights as provided by law.


Section 96. A person under any of the following prohibitions on the election day shall be the person who is prohibited from exercising the right to vote:

  • (1) being a Buddhist monk, Buddhist novice, ascetic or priest;
  • (2) being under revocation of the right to vote, whether or not such case is final;
  • (3) being detained by a warrant of the Court or by a lawful order;
  • (4) being of unsound mind or of mental infirmity.


Section 97. A person having the following qualifications has the right to stand for an election of Members of the House of Representatives:

  • (1) being of Thai nationality by birth;
  • (2) being not less than twenty-five years of age up to the date of the election;
  • (3) being a member of any and only one political party for a consecutive period of not less than ninety days up to the date of the election; however, in the case where the general election is conducted due to the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the period of ninety days shall be reduced to thirty days;
  • (4) a candidate in an election on a constituency basis shall also have any one of the following qualifications:
    • (a) having his or her name appear in the household register in the Changwat where he or she stands for election for a consecutive period of not less than five years up to the date of applying for candidacy;
    • (b) being born in the Changwat where he or she stands for election;