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Published on November 6, 2007

Party secretary-general Suthep Thaugsuban is to contest the direct vote in Surat Thani, his hometown.

Also on the list with Abhisit for proportionate-vote constituency No 6, which comprises Bangkok, Samut Prakan and Nonthaburi, are Charoen Kanthawong and Pothipong Lamsam.

Chuan will be standing from constituency No 8, comprising Surat Thani, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phatthalung, Satun, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. His team includes Banyat Bantadtan and Trairong Suwankhiri.

For the proportionate vote, the country has been divided into eight constituencies, each with 10 House seats. The direct vote will see 400 House seats up for grabs in 197 constituencies.

Meanwhile, three advisers to Bang-kok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin and a Bangkok Metropolitan Administrat-ion spokesman have resigned their posts to contest the general election as Democrat candidates.

Advisers Samart Ratchapolsitte, Kowit Tharana and Ratchadaporn Kaewsanit and spokesman Chanin Rungsaeng informed Apirak of their intention yesterday.

Apirak, who is a Democrat deputy leader, offered them moral support and said he expected more of his advisers would resign to contest the election.

The Nation