Bangkok: The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) announced that over 37.8 million people cast their votes on February 8th, accounting for 71.42% of eligible voters. This significant turnout was recorded during the general election for Members of Parliament.
According to Thai News Agency, the announcement made on February 27th highlighted discrepancies in the number of ballots for constituency and party-list Members of Parliament (MPs). Specifically, three ballots were missing due to absentee ballots from outside the constituency and outside Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) locations. The ECT's press release detailed the voter turnout and ballot validity for both the proportional representation and constituency-based elections.
In the proportional representation parliamentary election, there were 52,933,610 eligible voters. Out of these, 37,807,781 individuals exercised their voting rights, with valid ballots totaling 35,030,601 (92.65%). However, there were 1,669,006 invalid ballots (4.41%) and 1,108,051 ballots were left blank (2.93%).
Similarly, in the constituency-based parliamentary elections, the same number of eligible voters was recorded, with 37,807,778 people casting their votes. Of these, 34,862,178 ballots were deemed valid (92.21%), while invalid ballots amounted to 1,337,396 (3.54%), and blank ballots totaled 1,608,174 (4.25%).
The ECT pointed out that the data as of February 25, 2026, does not include recounts or new votes. The discrepancy in voter numbers for both election types is attributed to some overseas and external ballot envelopes not being returned fully. The commission plans to publish a summary of the voter statistics, including valid, invalid, and blank ballots for each province, once recounts and new votes are completed.