Bangkok to choose governor as national election looms


Bangkok governor independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt (L) talks to people during a gubernatorial election campaign event at a commercial district in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. – EPA pic, May 20, 2022.

MILLIONS of Bangkok voters will elect a new governor on Sunday in the first major polls since pro-democracy protests rattled Thailand’s capital, with a former minister ousted in the 2014 military coup leading the race.

The poll comes as embattled Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha fights to hold his ruling national coalition together until a general election due within 12 months.


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