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 In the initial period, Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected using the numerical criterion of two hundred thousand inhabitants per one Member [of the House of] Representatives. If, in the area of any province, the number of the inhabitants according to the latest census exceeds two hundred thousand, that province shall be given an additional number of Members [of the House of] Representatives, that is, one per every two hundred thousand inhabitants. A surplus of two hundred thousand inhabitants shall, if reaching or exceeding the half thereof, be counted as two hundred thousand. In addition, the method of combination of provincial areas shall be used as the election method.

Qualifications of electors and electoral candidates, as well as the criteria and procedure for the election, shall be in accordance with the Third Amendment to “Elections Act, 2475 BE”, 2479 Buddhist Era, in so far as it is not contrary to the area combination method, and the prohibition under section 11 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand, 2475 Buddhist Era, shall be excluded.