2022 Pattaya City local elections

2022 Pattaya City local elections
Mayoral election
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Registered38,320
Turnout49.96% Increase 8.46 pp
 
Candidate Poramet Ngampichet Sinchai Watthasartsathorn Kittisak Nilwatthanathochai
Party Rao Rak Pattaya Pattaya Ruam Chai Progressive
Popular vote 14,349 12,477 8,759
Percentage 39.2% 34.1% 23.9%
Results by district for mayor
  •   Poramet
  •   Sinchai
Mayor before election

Sontaya Kunplome
(Appointed)

Elected mayor

Poramet Ngampichet
Independent

City Council election
24 seats in the Pattya City Council [th]
13 seats needed for a majority
Party Seats
Rao Rak Pattaya

24
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Composition of the Pattaya City council after the election
  •   Rao Rak Pattaya Group

The 2022 Pattaya City council election was held on 22 May 2022 to elect the mayor of Pattaya, as well as the members of the city council. The election took place on the same day as the gubernatorial election in Bangkok, and was the first local election held in Pattaya since June 2012.[1]

Out of 38,320 registered voters, there was only a 49.96% turnout, far below the goal of 70%. The election was won by Poramet Ngampichet of the Rao Rak Pattaya party with 14,349 votes.[2]

  1. ^ "Tide of change threatens Khunpluem dynasty's dominance in Pattaya elections". www.thaipbsworld.com. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  2. ^ Judd, Adam (22 May 2022). "Poramase "Beer" Ngampiches looks set to be next Pattaya mayor after unofficial results have come in". The Pattaya News. Retrieved 14 October 2023.