Chiang Mai Province has 1,251,590 registered voters. out of those 876,113 went to the polls for a 69.82% voter turnout. There are 10 constituencies in Thailand and PairojSaengphuwong, the Election Commission Chairman, said that officers counted ballots openly at all polling stations to prevent electoral fraud that may occur during the transport of ballot boxes after elections on February 2, 2014
The ballots were then collected and delivered to the Election Committee of each constituency for counting and the results then sent to the Office of Chiang Mai Election Commission. Governor WichienPuthiwinyoo voted at the polling station at wat Chai Mongkhon and then went to inspect other stations including the temporary polling station at the Chiang Mai Provincial Livestock Office which had been moved from Chaing Mai University. The polling stating at CMU is closed for renovations so voters, mostly staff and students, had to vote at the Livestock Office on HuayKaew Road. The Election Commission is awaiting the results of the pre-election voting and balloting will be held on February 23, 2014 for those qualified voters who cannot make it to the polls on January 26, 2014. The ballots from the January 26 pre-voting will be held at the police station in each constituency to be counted at the Office of Chiang Mai Election Commission with the votes from February 23 before announcing the results of the election.