2014 Thai general election
Early general elections were held in Thailand on Sunday, 2 February 2014, after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asked King Bhumibol Adulyadej to dissolve parliament more than a year early owing to Thailand's political crisis. Voters elected a new House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Assembly. Voting was disrupted in 69 of 375 constituencies by the opposition that had called for a boycott. This made a re-run in several stages necessary, depending on the security situation in the affected districts. The first re-run date was on 2 March. Results were expected to be announced after voting had taken place in all parts of the country.
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All 500 seats in the House of Representatives 251 seats needed for a majority | |||||
| Turnout | 47.72% | ||||
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On 21 March 2014, the Constitutional Court invalidated the elections on grounds that they were not completed within one day throughout the country.