The commission has agreed to certify the list of 200 senators and 99 reserved candidates, paving the way for newly elected lawmakers to enter the upper house of parliament, Commission Secretary-General Saveng Boonmi said at a press conference, Xinhua news agency reported. The path has been paved.

In a multi-tier election process, successful candidates at district and provincial levels across the Southeast Asian country advanced to the final round of voting held in the capital Bangkok last month, where they voted among themselves to elect the 200-member Senate.

Representing 20 categories of social and professional groups, the 10 candidates receiving the most votes from each group were elected as senators.