2000 Bangkok gubernatorial election

2000 Bangkok gubernatorial election

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Candidate Samak Sundaravej Sudarat Keyuraphan Thawatchai Sajakul
Party Thai Citizen Thai Rak Thai Democrat
Popular vote 1,016,096 800,513 247,650
Percentage 45.85% 23.52% 11.17%

 
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Candidate Winai Sompong Kalaya Sophonpanich Paveena Hongsakul
Party Kon Rak Mueang Luang Krung Thep Sodsai National Development
Popular vote 145,641 132,608 116,750
Percentage 6.57% 5.98% 5.27%

Governor before election

Bhichit Rattakul
Independent

Elected Governor

Samak Sundaravej
Thai Citizen

The 2000 Bangkok gubernatorial election was the sixth election for the governorship of Bangkok, and was held on 23 July 2000.[1] The election saw the independent candidate, Samak Sundaravej, beat the Thai Rak Thai candidate, Sudarat Keyuraphan. The election also saw Samak become the first candidate in a Bangkok gubernatorial election to reach more than a million votes, which he did with a total 1,016,096 votes.[2] The election took place before the 2001 Thai general election.

Throughout the campaign before the election, Sundarat and Samak led in popularity ahead of the Democrat candidate, Thawatchai Sajakul.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Asiaweek.com | Thailand: The Battle for Bangkok | 6/23/2000". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  2. ^ "5 decades of governor elections that have shaped modern Bangkok". www.thaipbsworld.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24.