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Bangkok's Mayor Election Results

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Chadchart awaits official nod in Bangkok governor election landslide

May 23, 2022

Chadchart Sittipunt has won the election for Bangkok governor, pending the official announcement from the Election Commission.

"Once the EC makes the announcement, I will be the governor for everyone," he said in his first press conference since the vote count began at 5pm.

With the unofficial count showing him far ahead of other competitors, the former transport minister came out from his office to meet his supporters and the media at Stadium One in Pathumwan district.

He said Democrat Party representative Suchatvee Suwansawat and Move Forward candidate Wiroj Lakkhnaadisorn had called to congratulate him for winning the contest.

Mr Chadchart promised to work with Bangkok councillors from all parties, and urged people to "overcome all past conflicts in order to move forward together".

Although he refused to declare himself the winner, Mr Chadchart said he was satisfied with the results and said it was a special day.

"Today is a meaningful day for me," he told supporters.

He said eight years ago on May 22, 2014, in the early days of the military coup, soldiers covered his head with a bag, bound his hands and took him to a secret location.

Mr Chadchart was the transport minister under the Pheu Thai Party before then army chief Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha led the coup.

Off-the-charts victory

With 100% of the votes counted, Mr Chadchart received 1,386,215 votes, ahead of Mr Suchatvee, who received 254,341 votes.

Mr Wiroj was running third with 253,464, followed by former Bangkok deputy governor Sakoltee Phattiyaul with 230,176, former governor Pol Lt Gen Aswin Kwanmaugn with 214,459, Rosana Tositrakul with 78,919 and Sqn Ldr Sita Divari of the Thai Sang Thai Party with 73,697.

Like Mr Chadchart, Pol Gen Aswin, Mr Sakoltee and Ms Rosana ran as independent candidates.

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Independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt looks set to be 17th Bangkok Governor after unofficially winning by landslide

By Nop Meechukhun

22 May, 2022

Independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt is likely to become the 17th Bangkok governor after the votes were cast for the candidate by a landslide since the very first hour of counting, according to the unofficial results.

During the first hour of counting after the polling stations were closed at 5:00 PM., Chadchart received more than 100,000 votes from all 50 districts. And as of 9:10 PM., his votes have unofficially reached over 1,000,000, accountable for 90 percent of the counted eligible voters.

Other prominent candidates – namely Move Forward’s Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn, Democrat’s Suchatvee Suwansawat, independent Sakoltee Phattiyakul, and former governor Aswin Kwanmuang – had reportedly conceded defeat and congratulated the incoming winner while promising that their councilors are willing to work with him.

Regarding the councilor results, the majority, or 17 out of 50 seats, is likely to belong to candidates of the Pheu Thai party, followed by 15 from the Move Forward party, and 8 from the Democrat Party, according to the unofficial tally at 10:00 PM.

Chardchart, who held a public monitor screening for counting votes at Stadium One in the Pathum Wan district, said that he was ready to work with councilors from all parties as an independent candidate and will become the Bangkok governor for everyone, including those who voted and did not vote for him.

He also gave a speech, saying that he seeks an end to the divisions and unity among political parties and the people of Bangkok as he felt everyone had to move forward for the city’s progress.

The frontrunner said: “We must overcome divisions. I think we have to be united and walk together eventually…We can disagree but we shouldn’t be angry or hate one another…If the Election Commission officially announces the result, I’m ready to be the governor for everyone.”

As of 10:10 PM., Chardchart has unofficially broken the record for the most votes a Bangkok governor candidate has ever gotten with 1,282,191 votes, defeating the 1,256,349 votes of Sukhumbhand Paribatra in the 2013 election.

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