2022 review: Chadchart Sittipunt bridges political divide to win Bangkok governorship

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By Thai PBS World’s political Desk

 

Chadchart Sittipunt made history on May 22 when he won Bangkok’s governor election with a record 1.38 million votes or 52 percent of all ballots cast. His two closest rivals received less than 10 percent each.

 

The 1,386,769 votes won by Chadchart was the highest in a Bangkok gubernatorial election. It also saw him tipped as a possible future prime minister of Thailand.

 

He became the fourth candidate to gain more than 1 million votes since the first Bangkok governor election in 1975. MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra from the Democrat Party set the previous record with 1,256,349 votes in the March 2013 election.

 

The sheer size of his support showed Chadchart’s votes came from groups spanning the political divide, and not just from the core opposition Pheu Thai Party that he had been associated with.

 

Chadchart was among Pheu Thai’s three prime ministerial candidates for the 2019 general election but opted to run as an independent in the governor’s poll. That proved to be a smart decision at a time when many voters are fed up with divisive party politics.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/2022-review-chadchart-sittipunt-bridges-political-divide-to-win-bangkok-governorship/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-12-15

 

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[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

The 1,386,769 votes won by Chadchart was the highest in a Bangkok gubernatorial election. It also saw him tipped as a possible future prime minister of Thailand.

Would love to see him as PM and Surachaate as deputy..