CDA public-referendum subcommittee deputy chairman Worapol Sokatiyanurak tabled the hearing results at yesterday's session.

The hearings found almost seven out of every 10 people are in favour of maintaining single-member constituencies. But nearly 11 per cent wanted them scrapped.

Some 63 per cent supported the number of seats in Parliament and the Senate being cut.

The results reveal 46-per-cent support for ending the election of party-list members via proportional representation.

The CDA drafting subcommittee recommended in early February larger constituencies represented by multiple members.

The hearings found 66 per cent wants members of Parliament to possess at least an undergraduate degree. Three quarters of hearing attendees want members of Parliament restricted to two terms or eight years.

Some 42 per cent support a Senate selected from sectors of society. This option was opposed by 33 per cent.

A significant 77 per cent wanted to see the prime minister more easily censured in the House.

Placing no statute of limitations on corruption won almost 73-per-cent support while 75 per cent were in favour of a system to stop politicians interfering in the work of permanent officials.

There were 177 hearings in the North, 100 in the Central region, 213 in the Northeast and 47 in the South.

The results of public hearings differ from surveys conducted by the referendum subcommittee. The surveys asked 36,324 respondents across the country their preferred method of filling the upper house and almost 68 per cent said elections while just over 16 per cent wanted some senators appointed and just 8 per cent favoured an all-appointed Senate.

CDA rights and liberties subcommittee chairman Dr Chuchai Supawong said yesterday the drafting committee had began scrutinising the rights of communities to sustainably manage natural resources.