Pheu Thai candidate wins Pathum Thani election

PATHUM THANI: Chan Puangpetch, who received support from the ruling Pheu Thai Party, was elected president of the Pathum Thani provincial administrative organisation ( PAO ) on Sunday.

He received 203, 032 vote while Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Toopkrajang had 201, 212 vote, election officials of Pathum Thani announced on Monday night. Mr Chan so just won the desk again, by 1, 820&nbsp, seats, from Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit after his defeat in 2020.

Mr. Chan expressed his satisfaction that Pathum Thani people supported him at his home in Sam Khok area on Sunday nights. He added that he must bless Thaksin Shinawatra and the Pheu Thai Party for their unwavering help.

The two primary candidates for the municipal operational election were Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit and Mr. Chan.

Prior to 2020, Mr. Chan held the office of Pathum Thani PAO leader three times before being defeated by Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit, a past Bangkok police commissioner who had at the time received aid from Pheu Thai.

Prior to the PAO vote, political observers noted that Thaksin and Pheu Thai numbers had campaigned in Pathum Thani and also for Pheu Thai. The descendant of Thaksin’s Thai Rak Thai party lost most House seats in the province to the Move Forward Party ( MFP ) in the May 14, 2023 general election.

A Pheu Thai-led coalition government led by MFP, which had been defeated in the poll but prevented the MFP from assuming leadership. &nbsp,

But, polls indicate that more people now back the MFP and its essential candidate for prime minister than they did before. However, the&nbsp, acceptance of Pheu Thai&nbsp, and its primary governmental candidates is way&nbsp, down.

Pol Lt Gen Kamronwit Toopkrajang casts&nbsp, his ballot in Thanyaburi city, Pathum Thani, on Sunday night. ( Photo: Pongpat Wongyala )