Bangkokians favour both Sukkhumbhand and Sudarat for governor: poll
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Sukhumbhand Paribatra and Sudarat Keyuraphan would be competing neck-to-neck in the upcoming gubernatorial election, should they decide to run, according to a Bangkok Poll released on Thursday.
The poll by Bangkok University indicated that 26 per cent of respondents would vote for Sudarat while 26.1 per cent would go for Sukhumand, the incumbent Bangkok governor. His term will finish in January and the election for the new governor is set for February 17.
Neither Sukhumand nor Sudarat have officially announced that they will run for election. The poll was conducted on 1,192 Bangkokians between December 6 and 10.
Of other potential candidates, 12.5 per cent would vote for Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavej, 11.4 per cent for Pol Gen Pongsatat Pongcharoen, 6.5 for Korn Chatikavanich. Meanwhile 17.4 per cent said they were still undecided.
The poll said 62.3 per cent of the respondents knew that the gubernatorial election was to be held on February 17 while the remainder were unaware of the date. Moreover, most (88.5 per cent) will exercise their rights, 2.2 per cent said they would not vote and 9.3 per cent others were not sure.
Neither Sukhumand nor Sudarat have officially announced that they will run for election. The poll was conducted on 1,192 Bangkokians between December 6 and 10.
Of other potential candidates, 12.5 per cent would vote for Pol Gen Seripisut Temiyavej, 11.4 per cent for Pol Gen Pongsatat Pongcharoen, 6.5 for Korn Chatikavanich. Meanwhile 17.4 per cent said they were still undecided.
The poll said 62.3 per cent of the respondents knew that the gubernatorial election was to be held on February 17 while the remainder were unaware of the date. Moreover, most (88.5 per cent) will exercise their rights, 2.2 per cent said they would not vote and 9.3 per cent others were not sure.
Respondents said they would vote for the new governor because of his experience (31.9 per cent), capabilities and forwardlooking visions (26.3 per cent) and his policies and good teamwork (17 per cent).
Of the respondents, 58.8 per cent believed that looking at the general picture, Sukhumand’s performance as Bangkok governor could not be considered as outstanding.
