2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election

The eleventh election for the governorship of Bangkok was held on 22 May 2022. It took place 9 years after the latest election in 2013, long delayed due to the 2014 coup d'état.

2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election

22 May 2022
Registered4,402,941
Turnout60.73% ( 3.25 pp)
 
Candidate Chadchart Sittipunt Suchatvee Suwansawat Wiroj Lakkhanaadisorn
Party Independent Democrat Move Forward
Popular vote 1,386,769 254,723 253,938
Percentage 52.65% 9.67% 9.64%

 
Candidate Sakoltee Phattiyakul Aswin Kwanmuang
Party Independent Independent (Rak Krung Thep Group)
Popular vote 230,534 214,805
Percentage 8.75% 8.15%

Gubernatorial election results map. Shades of green denote the percentage points of votes Chadchart gained in each district.

Governor before election

Aswin Kwanmuang
(Appointed)

Elected Governor

Chadchart Sittipunt
Independent

Chadchart Sittipunt, an independent candidate who was a member of the Pheu Thai Party, won the election in a landslide. He gained over 1.38 million votes, breaking the record set by Sukhumbhand Paribatra in 2013. Chadchart won an outright majority—over 1 million votes more than the second leading candidate, Suchatvee Suwansawat, who contested for the Democrat Party.

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