Democrat Sweep 210 Out Of 256 Bangkok District Council Seats

[webfact]

Democrat sweep district council seats

The Democrat Party swept 210 out of 256 district council seats in the Bangkok election Sunday.

The district council elections were held in 36 districts and the Democrat swept all seats in 27 districts.

The Pheu Thai Party swept all seats in five districts, which are Phasi Charoen, Thonburi, Nong Khaem, Nongchok and Huay Kwang. The Pheu Thai won 39 seats.

An independent team of candidates won the district council election in Dusit district. They won 7 seats.

The vote counting of Bangkok City Council election has not been completed yet.

-- The Nation 2010-08-29

[pedro01]

Anyone know how this compares with previous elections ? Same split or one side getting more seats ?

[TAWP]

It doesn't matter, red shirt apologist will soon be here to decry any loss as a victory, as red shirts are jailed, the country isn't free and so on.

That only 40% of the voters bothered to show up doesn't register...

[Buchholz]

Anyone know how this compares with previous elections ? Same split or one side getting more seats ?

The Democrats are quite a bit stronger this time (210 now and 176 then) and the Pheu Thai/Thai Rak Thai are quite a bit weaker than before (39 now and 71 then). The independents are essentially unchanged:

The Nation

Published on July 25, 2006

Democrat Party candidates swept most of the seats in Sunday's elections for the Bangkok Council and Bangkok district councils in a convincing victory over the Thai Rak Thai Party.

The Democrats won 35 of the 57 seats up for grabs in the Bangkok Council election, Bangkok City Clerk Nathanon Thavisin announced yesterday. Thai Rak Thai took just 18 seats and independent candidates held four. Of the 255 seats in the Bangkok district councils contested on Sunday, the Democrats took 176, while Thai Rak Thai won only 71. Independent candidates won the other eight seats, Nathanon said.

[webfact]

topic continues:

Easy win for Democrat - Drowsy Bangkok Breaks New Politics Party's Heart

Follow this link: