BANGKOK: Thailand’s progressive opposition People’s Party and its leader are most favoured among voters for next month’s general election, two surveys showed, underlining the stiff challenge facing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s bid to stay in power.
Thailand’s Feb 8 election could usher in a new round of turmoil in Thailand and will be a showdown between the anti-establishment People’s Party, Anutin’s conservative Bhumjaithai and the former ruling party Pheu Thai, with bitter histories of betrayal that could complicate efforts to form a government.
The People’s Party was backed by 34.2% of respondents in a Jan 6-9 poll by Suan Dusit released on Sunday, with Bhumjaithai second on 16.2% and the once-dominant Pheu Thai on 16.0%.