"election"

Buying votes in the next election will be “useless” as people are not going to listen to or do what vote buyers want, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said on Tuesday.

News of a fake Facebook page created in the name of Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt and calling for a 500 baht donation for travel expenses went viral on Tuesday.

Supporters of Bangkok governor-elect Chadchart Sittipunt flooded his Facebook wall with happy birthday messages and many went to Chulalongkorn Hospital to take photos with him.

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha has given a rosy picture of Thailand’s economic recovery while dismissing talk that Bangkok’s elections showed voters’ dissatisfaction with his government.

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan on Monday congratulated independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt for his landslide victory in the Bangkok gubernatorial election on Sunday.

The smooth voting for Bangkok governor and city council on Sunday is clear proof that Thais do not want a revolution, former PM Thaksin Shinawatra said.

Independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt did not just win by a landslide but made history in the Bangkok governor election on Sunday.

The results of mayoral and council elections in Pattaya on Sunday are on hold after ballot papers went missing from two polling stations.

Bangkokians entrusted their city to independent candidate Chadchart Sittipunt on Sunday with a landslide win in a poll seen as a race that transcends the political divide.

Chadchart Sittipunt held a press conference on Sunday evening to thank Bangkokians for granting him a landslide victory in the gubernatorial election.

Shortly after Move Forward candidate Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn conceded defeat, Democrat Party’s Suchatvee Suwansawat also publicly accepted Chadchart Sittipunt as the winner of Sunday’s election.

Former transport minister Chadchart Sittipunt’s lead in the Bangkok governor election widened to over 290,000 votes just after 8pm on Sunday, according to Nation TV website.