Prayuth’s United Thai Nation Party is in third place with 12.84 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is still lagging behind the main opposition party, latest opinion polls showed, ahead of the Southeast Asian country’s general election next month.
The May 14 election will be a battle between parties aligned with the conservative pro-military establishment and the billionaire Shinawatra family-backed Pheu Thai party,The Pheu Thai party was ahead with 38.89 per cent in a nationwide survey by local media Matichon and Daily News conducted last week, followed by the Move Forward Party, headed by opposition politician Pita Limjaroenrat, on 32.37 per cent.
Asked who they favoured to be the next PM, 29.42 per cent of poll respondents supported Pita, followed by Paetongtarn with 23.23 per cent, while Prayuth trailed in fourth place with 13.72 per cent. However, Paetongtarn and her party’s other two candidates for prime minister, popular real estate magnate Sretta Thavisin, and party stalwart Chaikasem Nitisiri, together was backed by about 40 per cent of respondents.
A separate survey by Super Poll showed there would be no landslide victory, with the Pheu Thai Party receiving 160 out of 500 parliamentary seats, followed by the Bhumjaithai party, led by Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, with 121.
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