Chadchart Sittipunt On Track To Win Bangkok Gubernatorial Election By Landslide

Independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt is expected to become Bangkok Governor, pending the official confirmation of election results by the Election Commission.

• Preliminary results showed Chadchart well ahead of his rivals. Democratic Party's Suchatvee Suwansawat came second, followed by Move Forward candidate Wiroj Lakkhnaadisorn.
• Chadchart previously served as Transport Minister in the Pheu Thai Party administration before the coup d'etat led by current Prime Minister Prayuth.
• The presumptive winner called on his rivals to move over past conflicts and pledged to cooperate with councillors from all parties.
• Political scientist Phichai Ratnatilaka Na Bhuket told the Bangkok Post that "candidates from the government's opposing camps won more votes than those who supported the government at a ratio of 65% to 35%."