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Yingluck Shinawatra, opposition Pheu Thai Party's candidate for prime minister and the sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, gestures upon her arrival for a campaign rally for her party in Bangkok Thursday, June 9, 2011. Thailand will hold general elections on July 3, 2011. Pic: AP.

Thai election: Why the Shinawatras won – Part 2

By Siam Voices Sat, Jul 23, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

The trouble with Newin Chidchob By Dan Waites Where oh where is Newin Chidchob? Since the July 3 election, the infamous godfather of Buriram province – who famously betrayed Thaksin Shinawatra to become kingmaker to Abhisit Vejjajiva’s government at the end of 2008 – is almost completely silent. And so he might. Having failed spectacularly...

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Thai Rath predicts Puea Thai will win more than 250 seats

By Bangkok Pundit Fri, Jul 01, 2011 9:00AM UTC Comments Off

Thai Rath‘s political news team have an article with their predictions on who will win the election. Below is a summary: For the 67 constituencies in the 16 provinces in the North, Puea Thai will win 43 constituencies (ประเดิมที่ ภาคเหนือ 16 จังหวัด มีเก้าอี้ให้แย่งชิงกัน 67 ที่นั่ง เพื่อไทยยังครองความเป็นเจ้าสังเวียน กวาดไป 43 เขต). In the Upper North where the reds are...

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Poll of Northeast shows Puea Thai winning 107 seats; 64% of party vote

By Bangkok Pundit Sun, Jun 26, 2011 11:46AM UTC View Comments

In the lead-up to the July 3 election, BP has blogged on a number of polls as follows (from oldest to newest): The E-san poll, as blogged about here and here, which surveyed all 20 provinces in the Northeast which looked at who those surveyed would cast their party vote for (Puea Thai 63.9%, Democrats,...

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Bhum Jai Thai predicts that Puea Thai will win 240 seats

By Bangkok Pundit Sat, Jun 25, 2011 9:00AM UTC Comments Off

Bhum Jai Thai’s Newin previously predicted that Puea Thai would win 210 seats, the Democrats 160 seats, and Bhum Jai Thai would win 70 seats. Now Bhum Jai Thai’s Somsak T is quoted by INN and Daily News (also see tweet by TNN reporter) as stating that Puea Thai will win 240 seats, the Democrats...

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The Nation’s election predictions

By Bangkok Pundit Fri, Jun 24, 2011 12:55AM UTC Comments Off

The Nation has posted its election predictions and BP has created this chart – see also June 23s Kom Chad Luek p2 (although their chart says Bhum Jai Thai is 55-67!) BP: As you will see The Nation, as the article also states, says that the big two parties will win 380 seats and the small...

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