DHAKA: Thailand has announced that it will hold a fresh election, after the Constitutional Court invalidated its 2 February poll last month.

The new polls will be conducted on 20 July, in an agreement reached between the Election Commission and the prime minister.

Thailand officials said on Wednesday, reports the BBC.

PM Yingluck Shinawatra called the snap election in February amid major anti-government protests in Bangkok.

Her ruling party was expected to win, but the opposition boycotted the polls.

The protesters disrupted voting, meaning the election was not completed. The court said the vote was unconstitutional because it did not take place on the same day across the country.

‘The prime minister and the Election Commission agree on a 20 July election,’ Election Commission secretary Puchong Nutrawong said.

It is not clear yet whether the anti-government movement will attempt to sabotage this election or whether the main opposition Democrat party will take part.

Thailand’s political system has been paralysed since anti-government protests began in Bangkok in November 2013.

BDST: 1634 HRS, APR 30, 2014