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Issue 30, Volume 63
356
Royal Gazette

10 May 2489

per one Member of the Chamber of Deputies. If, in the area of any province, the number of the people according to the latest census exceeds one hundred and thousand, that province shall be given an additional number of Members of the Chamber of Deputies, that is, one per every one hundred thousand people. The residue of one hundred thousand people shall, if reaching or exceeding the half thereof, be counted as one hundred thousand.

When the standard number of Members of the Chamber of Deputies for each province according to the previous paragraph has been fulfilled, if, in the area of any province, the number of Members of the Chamber of Deputies would increase from the number of those having already been elected in accordance with the Royal Decree for the Carrying Out of the Election of Representatives of 2488 Buddhist Era, dated 26 October 2488 Buddhist Era, then the election shall be carried out for the increased number only.

In each province which has more than one Member of the Chamber of Deputies, the constituencies shall be divided [in a manner] allowing the numbers of people to be as closest as possible to each other.

Qualifications of electors and electoral candidates, as well as the criteria and procedure for the election, shall be in accordance with the "Elections Act, 2475 BE" Amendment (No. 3), 2479 Buddhist