2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election

Eighth gubernatorial election for the city of Bangkok, Thailand Thailand Flag of Bangkok.svg presidential 2004 Bangkok gubernatorial election 2004 5 October 2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election, 2009 2009 54.18% Apirak kosayothin1.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 Apirak Kosayothin Democrat Party (Thailand) 991,018 45.93% ประภัสร์ จงสงวน.png 120 120 150 0 0 Prapas Chongsa-nguan People's Power Party (Thailand) 543,488 25.19% Chuwit Kamolvisit cropped 2010.jpg 120 120 150 0 0 CE2029 Chuwit Kamolvisit Independent politician 340,616 15.79% 0BDA51 Kriengsak Chareonwongsak Independent politician 260,051 12.05% Bangkok gubernatorial election 2008 by district.svg Gubernatorial election results map. Blue denotes districts won by Apirak Governor Apirak Kosayothin Democrat Party (Thailand) Apirak Kosayothin Democrat Party (Thailand) The 2008 Bangkok gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2008, this was the eighth election for the governorship of Bangkok. The incumbent Democrat governor, Apirak Kosayothin, won the election, securing a second consecutive four-year term. Of a total of 4,087,329 eligible voters, 2,214,320 voted, giving a turnout rate of 54.18 percent, lower than the 70 percent target expected by the Election Committee. Sixteen candidates contested the election. Apirak, candidate for the opposition Democrat Party, was seen as the favourite. Other candidates included Chuwit Kamolvisit, a former massage parlour businessman who also ran in the 2004 election, Prapas Chongsa-nguan, former governor of the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand and candidate for the People's Power Party, Kriengsak Chareonwongsak, an academic and professor in business administration, and Leena Jangjanja, a businesswoman and lawyer who ran in the previous election and the 2006 senate election. The sixth elected governor of Bangkok, Apirak is the second to be elected to a second term, after Chamlong Srimuang, governor from 1985–1992, who was incidentally arrested at a polling station early on the election day, on charges of insurrection due to his role as leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a group which has staged protests and occupied Government House since August.AFP 2008. Campaign Apirak's four-year term as governor ended on 28 August 2008. Applications for the post were accepted from 1 to 5 September, and the official list of candidates was announced on 11 September. Campaigning included public speeches by candidates, television interviews, campaign trucks announcing messages through loudspeakers, and most noticeably, a multitude of campaign posters erected on the pavements, some of which fell over and injured pedestrians and motorcyclists.Head 2008. The more unusual campaigning stunts included Leena's bathing in a canal to reflect the local population's experiences, which ended tragically when her campaign manager drowned.Sinlapalavan & Kongdejsakda 2008. Nearer to the election day, Chuwit caused headline news by punching and kicking a television journalist after an interview.Wong-Anan 2008. Chuwit also filed complaints against Apirak, claiming that the appearance of Apirak's name on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's election publicity posters violated electoral law.Wancharoen & Glahan 2008. The case was accepted by the Bangkok Election Committee, but a final ruling by the Election Commission would not be heard until after the election. Results Polling was organised by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration under the supervision of the Bangkok Election Commission, with a total budget of over 154 million baht. Voting took place from 08:00 to 15:00 on 5 October at 6,337 polling stations across the fifty districts of the city.BMA 2008a Exit polls by Assumption and Suan Dusit Rajabhat Universities indicated that Apirak had won 44 to 52 percent of the vote by the time the polling stations closed.TNA 2008. The unofficial results, to be submitted to the Election Commission for approval, were announced by the Bangkok City Clerk on midnight.Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). (2008). "รายงานความคืบหน้านับคะเเนนผู้สมัครการเลือกตั้งผู้ว่าราชาการกรุงเทพมหานคร ปี 2551" [Progress report of vote counting for candidates in the Bangkok governor's election 2008]. (PDF) (in Thai). http://office2.bangkok.go.th/ard/wp-content/uploads/election/3.8.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20211231061418/http://office2.bangkok.go.th/ard/wp-content/uploads/election/3.8.pdf 2021-12-31 Apirak Kosayodhin Democrat Party 991018 Prapas Chongsa-nguan People's Power Party 543488 Chuwit Kamolvisit Independent 340616 #CE2029 Kriengsak Chareonwongsak Independent 260051 #0BDA51 Leena Jungjanja Independent 6267 Wittaya Jangkobpattana Independent 3759 Warawut Thanangkorn Independent 2771 Metta Temchamnarn Metta Tham Group 2105 Kittisak Thirawisit Independent 2102 Vachiraporn Aayooyuen Public Party (Satharanachon) 1140 Sumet Tanthanasirikul Krung Thep Phatthana Team 1078 Toranee Rithee-thamdamrong Independent 852 Popsak Panseethong Independent 811 Udom Viboonteppachat Independent 617 Somchai Paiboon Independent 503 Nipon Simprayoon Independent 421 37345 19376 4087239 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration References External links AFP Thai police arrest second anti-govt protest leader 5 October 2008 AFP http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6cHuNxaKfhLhcrr25HH_XCCQWMw 2008-10-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120926224938/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6cHuNxaKfhLhcrr25HH_XCCQWMw 2012-09-26 . 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