The Latest Breaking News from Chadchart Sittipunt

City governor candidates have turned their campaigns to street vendors, vowing to expand their trading areas and help improve their business prospects.

Former Pheu Thai heavyweight Chadchart Sittipunt, now an independent candidate in the Bangkok governor election, is still leading by a wide margin and followed far behind by former governor Aswin Kwanmuang in a popularity survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

Bangkok needs a public health system that is easy to access, an interconnected transit system running on clean energy and many more dust pollution checkpoints, according to at least four Bangkok governor candidates.

The May 22 Bangkok governor election promises to be a star-studded contest that serves as a barometer of the main parties' popularity and will be highly indicative of how the next general elections will play out, according to experts.

Bangkok is braced for a fierce political battle now the countdown for the gubernatorial elections has finally begun.

The Thai Sang Thai (Thais Build Thais) Party led by veteran politician Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan is fielding former government spokesman Sita Divari as its candidate for Bangkok governor, according to a party source.

Following a long delay, the cabinet is expected to set the date for the Bangkok governor election for May 29, according to news reports. To say that it's long-awaited is an understatement.

Chadchart Sittipunt, running run as an independent for the post of Bangkok governor in the forthcoming election, is still the overwhelming favourite, an opinion poll showed Sunday.

Chadchart Sittipunt, the former transport minister in the Yingluck Shinawatra administration running as an independent in the upcoming Bangkok gubernatorial election, still leads other potential candidates by a huge margin, according to a monthly survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.