Reserve Senator Akrawat has filed a complaint with the Supreme Administrative Court accusing the Election Commission of misconduct regarding barcodes and QR codes on election ballots. He requests a court order to annul the election results and hold new elections, urging the case to be resolved promptly before official certification.
At 12:30 p.m. on 16 February 2026 GMT+7. Mr. Akrawat Pongthanachalitkul, reserve member of the Senate. He revealed that on 15 February, he filed a lawsuit against the Election Commission, its office, and its secretary-general for misconduct in managing the parliamentary elections, causing harm by printing barcodes and QR codes on election ballots, violating the principles of secret voting and the constitution, submitted to the Supreme Administrative Court through the electronic administrative case system.
He requested the court to declare all parliamentary ballots, both party-list and constituency from the 1 and 8 February 2026 elections, invalid and not to count their votes. He further asked for the Election Commission to publicly destroy these ballots, to punish the Commission, its office, and secretary-general to jointly compensate for damages related to holding new elections, and to impose penalties under the 2018 Organic Act on the Election of Members of the House of Representatives, including imprisonment and revocation of voting rights. He also urged the court to expedite the case resolution before the first defendant certifies the new election results, and requested a temporary injunction to prevent certification before judgment.
Mr. Akrawat added, Although the Election Commission explained via the media on 13 February 2026 that barcodes and QR codes were printed to protect security and prevent counterfeit ballots, this excuse is unconvincing. During the referendum vote, no such codes were printed on ballots, indicating possible fraudulent intent targeting parliamentary elections specifically. This practice causes public fear because if polling station officials or vote counters secretly photograph ballots during counting, they could trace voter choices afterward, risking personal safety and facilitating vote-buying. .