BANGKOK: Thailand&rsquo;s next general election will take place on February 8, the election commission said Monday, and parties must nominate their candidates for prime minister before the end of this year. &ldquo;Today the Election Commission has drafted election details and proposed to the Commissioner who agreed that Sunday, February 8, 2026 will be the election day,&rdquo; the commission said in a statement. Advance voting will take place on February 1. Ethics violation&nbsp;Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, of the conservative Bhumjaithai party, assumed office in September after his predecessor was removed over an ethics violation. He <a href="https://www.pakistantv.com/article/thai-pm-dissolves-parliament-paving-way-for-national-elections" style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176);">dissolved</a> parliament on Friday, paving the way for the national poll -- which under Thai law must be held between 45 to 60 days after the dissolution. The move comes as a conflict stemming from a decades-long border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia reignited this month, with ongoing military clashes killing at least 31 people and displacing around 800,000. Anutin, a cannabis-championing conservative, took power with coalition backing conditional on dissolving parliament, becoming the kingdom&#39;s third leader in two years.

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The election commission said in a statement, ‘Today the Election Commission has drafted election details and proposed to the Commissioner who agreed that Sunday, February 8, 2026 will be the election day.’ 

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Thailand to go to the polls on February 8