TRT sweeps Bangkok - no district less than 27%
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of 1pm Monday:
District 1. Dusit, Phra Nakhon Total Votes TRT %
TRT 30261 61238 49.42%
Abstain 28601
Invalid 2376
Total Votes % 96.56
District 2. Bang Sue
TRT 27079 55123 49.12%
Abstain 25775
Invalid 2269
Total Votes % 79.51
District 3. Phya Thai, Ratchathewi
TRT 21616 49109 44.02%
Abstain 26084
Invalid 1409
Total Votes % 100
District 4. Phathumwan, Ratchathewi
TRT 16010 46840 34.18%
Abstain 29267
Invalid 1563
Total Votes % 100
District 5.Pom Prab (Sattru Phai), Bang Rak, Samphanthawong
TRT 19032 68647 27.72%
Abstain 47718
Invalid 1897
Total Votes % 90.53
District 6. Sathon, Yan Nawa
TRT 28712 77028 37.27%
Abstain 44889
Invalid 3427
Total Votes % 97.36
District 7. Bang Kho Laem*
TRT 16176 44844 36.07%
Abstain 26775
Invalid 1893
Total Votes % 99.65
District 8. Khlong Toei *
TRT 20206 48573 41.60%
Abstain 25658
Invalid 2709
Total Votes % 96.99
District 9. Huai Khwang, Watthana
TRT 22427 56691 39.56%
Abstain 32526
Invalid 1738
Total Votes % 96.63
District 10. Din Daeng
TRT 28603 64490 44.35%
Abstain 33329
Invalid 2558
Total Votes % 99.61
District 11. Chatuchak
TRT 34938 49109 44.02%
Abstain 40864
Invalid 2308
Total Votes % 99.4
District 12. Lak Si
TRT 34938 78110 44.73%
Abstain 40864
Invalid 2308
Total Votes % 98.89
District 13. Don Muang
TRT 0
Abstain 0
Invalid 0
Total Votes % 0
District 14. Sai Mai
TRT 46301 76069 60.87%
Abstain 27173
Invalid 2595
Total Votes % 100
District 15. Bang Khen
TRT 29161 56461 51.65%
Abstain 25367
Invalid 1933
Total Votes % 72.12
District 16 .Lat Phrao
TRT 24343 55981 43.48%
Abstain 30237
Invalid 1401
Total Votes % 97.49
District 17. Wang Thong Lang
TRT 22752 49109 44.02%
Abstain 28414
Invalid 1455
Total Votes % 87.13
District 18. Bang Kapi
TRT 26148 49109 44.02%
Abstain 37994
Invalid 2117
Total Votes % 100
District 19. Bueng Kum
TRT 29353 66153 44.37%
Abstain 34884
Invalid 1916
Total Votes % 99.01
District 20. Khan Na Yow, Saphan Sung
TRT 34842 79522 43.81%
Abstain 41665
Invalid 3015
Total Votes % 98.89
21. Suan Luang, Prawet *
32562 80264 40.57%
43695
4007
100
District 22. Prawet, Bang Na
TRT 36577 76538 47.79%
Abstain 36979
Invalid 2982
Total Votes % 99.91
District 23. Phrakhanong, Watthana *
TRT 22402 57129 39.21%
Abstain 32465
Invalid 2262
Total Votes % 98.8
District 24. Lat Krabang, Nong Chok
TRT 2924 49109 44.02%
Abstain 2582
Invalid 406
Total Votes % 5.02
District 25. Min Buri, Khlong Sam Wa *
TRT 54012 49109 44.02%
Abstain 53012
Invalid 5700
Total Votes % 96.6
District 26. Thonburi
TRT 21405 49251 43.46%
Abstain 25702
Invalid 2144
Total Votes % 86.03
District 27. Khlong San, Thonburi
TRT 19330 52256 36.99%
Abstain 30815
Invalid 2111
Total Votes % 99.43
District 28. Bang Plad, Bangkok Noi
TRT 28616 64068 44.67%
Abstain 32922
Invalid 2530
Total Votes % 98.05
District 29. Bangkok Noi
TRT 20378 47668 42.75%
Abstain 25673
Invalid 1617
Total Votes % 96.53
District 30. Taling Chan, Phasi Charoen
TRT 37150 78369 47.40%
Abstain 37917
Invalid 3302
Total Votes % 98.05
District 31. Bangkok Yai, Phasi Charoen
TRT 33659 49109 44.02%
Abstain 38765
Invalid 2911
Total Votes % 98.84
District 32. Chom Thong
TRT 35104 49109 44.02%
Abstain 35620
Invalid 3455
Total Votes % 97.55
District 33. Rat Burana, Tung Khru
TRT 42340 91673 46.19%
Abstain 44898
Invalid 4435
Total Votes % 99.61
District 34. Bang Khunthien, Bang Bon *
TRT 52406 103607 50.58%
Abstain 46067
Invalid 5134
Total Votes % 96.27
District 35. Nong Khaem, Thaweewatthana *
TRT 39899 88508 45.08%
Abstain 44130
Invalid 4479
Total Votes % 100
District 36. Bang Khae
TRT 43592 89944 48.47%
Abstain 42379
Invalid 3973
Total Votes % 100
Chabon 19
pati...@gmail.com wrote:
> TRT has swept Bangkok. Unofficial results from the Nation website as
> of 1pm Monday:
sanipped
Didn't your hero say he will be voted with more then 50% available
votes? Is that slap in the face of TRT a sweep???
Depends how you look at it - agreed?
Chabby
Sandy Cruden
Thaksin, comprehensively beaten in the South, and only a little over a
year ago TRT won 32 out of the 37 Bangkok seats, now abstentions have
delivered a knockout blow in the city. OK so he won the North East but
the Bangkok Post on election day reported *rampant* vote buying there.
Will he go gracefully this evening?
Sandy
Huay Khwaang
Tchiowa
I don't know how you call this a "disaster". If the numbers hold then
TRT has taken all seats in Bangkok. All they had to do was to get 20%
of the eligible vote in order to qualify and where they ran unopposed
they get the seat.
The fact that he was beaten in the South should surprise no one. He
didn't expect to.
North East? Yes. And North and Central and West and pretty much
everywhere else.
Given the intensity of the campaign against him I'd call this a pretty
decisive victory.
Sandy Cruden
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>From The Nation 3rd April
Early results show Thaksin losing huge support in the capital
[Rattled leader avoids press, plans emergency meeting with senior Thai
Rak Thai members this afternoon; Ruling party insiders fear result
could give new momentum to PAD]
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra abruptly cancelled a planned evening
press conference and re-fused to leave his home last night, apparently
rattled by a staggeringly high number of "abstain" votes in an election
he portrayed as a virtual national referendum on his beleaguered
leadership.
Early counts showed the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party losing its grip on
Bangkok, the hotbed of anti-government protests for more than three
months. Abstain votes in many constituencies in the capital outnumbered
votes for Thai Rak Thai candidates, who ran in a virtual one-horse race
because the opposition bloc had boycotted the election.
But the question of legitimacy will not be limited to Bangkok. The
Democrat-dominated South also gave Thai Rak Thai a big snub. Many
"winning" Thai Rak Thai candidates in the South stand to be
disqualified because the law stipulates that candidates who have no
competition must win at least 20 per cent of support from eligible
voters in their constituencies. This raises the highly contentious
issue of whether an "incomplete" House of Representatives can convene
and elect the next prime minister.
Thai Rak Thai sources said party leaders were rocked by informal exit
poll results showing that the number of abstain votes, called "no
votes" by the anti-Thaksin movement, would be much higher than
expected. "Everyone is bewildered," said a party insider. "Many targets
have not been reached. Now the biggest worry is Bangkok."
At press time, many of Thai Rak Thai's Bangkok candidates were trailing
the "no vote" numbers in their constituencies. It appears that
anti-Thaksin sentiment is particularly strong in inner Bangkok, but he
remains fairly popular in the suburbs. But even though many Thai Rak
Thai candidates will beat the "no votes", the party is afraid that the
poll results will give new momentum to the campaign by the People's
Alliance for Democracy to oust its leader.
A belligerent Thaksin had vowed not to return to office if the "no
votes" plus votes for smaller parties beat pro-Thai Rak Thai votes
nationwide. According to the sources, the exit polls conducted by the
party showed that Thai Rak Thai's 19 million votes in the last election
could plunge to 15 million this time.
"The leaders are still shocked and the party's mood is tense," said a
party source. "They had expected a high turnout of 'no votes' but never
thought it would be this high."
Ominous signs came on the eve of the election, when mobile phone users
circulated a large number of text messages calling on people they know
to vote "no" and bring their own pens to the polling stations due to
rumours about "magic" ink designed to rig the election. Shops in
Bangkok reported a notable increase in the sale of pens yesterday. It
was somewhat ironic that cellular phones, which brought Thaksin
enormous wealth and unprecedented political power, were used as a major
tool in the campaign to oust him.
Thaksin smiled broadly early yesterday, though some observers suspected
it was a forced smile, but refused to comment on his immediate
political future. But after the poll closed, he and other Thai Rak Thai
leaders became unusually quiet and avoided reporters. He then cancelled
a press conference scheduled for 7pm and headed home. An urgent meeting
with key Thai Rak Thai members was reportedly scheduled for this
afternoon.
Among Thai Rak Thai Bangkok candidates facing humiliation by "no votes"
are Pongpisut Jintasopon (Constituency 7), Sita Tiwari (Constituency 8)
and Pimon Srivikorn (Constituency 18).
There is also concern that even in the Thai Rak Thai strongholds of the
North and Northeast, large numbers of "no votes" in inner city areas
will embarrass the party.
With no exit polls, officials did not expect a full picture of the
returns until some time today.