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.
By the time Bangkok celebrated the festive season, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) had already introduced a canal renovation project the Klong Chong Nonsi public park with great pride.
According to a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, independent candidates are preferred over those aligned with political parties for the post of Bangkok governor, and Chadchart Sittipunt still leads the race.
As the Bangkok governor election is drawing near, major political parties such as the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and Pheu Thai coincidentally find themselves in a peculiar condition, with deliberate ambiguity apparently the best poll strategy.