The Bangkok Post is reporting that a recent survey places incumbent governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra ahead of his rivals in the race for Bangkok’s governorship.
That same poll, however, shows that Sukhumbhand’s supporters pale in comparison to the number of voters who remain undecided as to which candidate they want to support.
While the study by Nida Poll revealed that 24% of Bangkokians support Sukhumbhand’s election to a second term, a whopping 40.5% remain undecided, able to be swayed by either Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen or former national police chief Pol Gen Sereepisut Taemeeyaves, the race’s two other frontrunners.
The poll showed that 17.55% of respondents supported Ponsapat and 9.48% of respondents supported Sereepisut.
With more than a month to go before the February 17 election, there’s plenty of time for Sukhumbhand to suffer a reversal of fortune. For the moment, however, the Democrats must be feeling pretty good about a candidate who they very nearly snubbed.
