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Landslide victory for Bhumjaithai in Kanchanaburi by-election

  AS HAD been predicted Bhumjaithai Party scored a resounding victory in the by-election for MP at Kanchanaburi constituency four today (Oct. 19) with the only other contestant in the race from Pheu Thai Party trailing behind, Thai Rath newspaper said. At 8.40 p.m. the Provincial Election Commission Office said complete unofficial results from all […]

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Bhumjaithai’s candidate wins in Sisaket by-election

  By Amarin TV and Thai Newsroom Reporters A BY-ELECTION for MP in Constituency 5 of Sisaket province which borders Cambodia today (Sep. 28) was won by Bhumjaithai’s candidate as had been anticipated with her only rival, a Pheu Thai candidate, trailing behind, Unofficial results at 7.50 p.m, almost three hours after polls closed at 5 […]

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Bhumjaithai to get overwhelming vote over Pheu Thai in Sisaket by-election

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BY-ELECTION FOR MP of a northeastern constituency scheduled for the upcoming Sunday (Sep.28) will likely see a piece of cake for one contestant and a rotten tomato for another as far as tensions over Thai-Cambodian border conflict are concerned. In Constituency 5 covering Khun Harn and Pusing districts of […]

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Pheu Thai candidate wins Chiang Rai by-election

  THE PHEU THAI, whose de facto boss Thaksin Shinawatra is in jail, scored a victory in Chiang Rai Constituency 7 by-election  for MP today (Sep. 14) with the People’s candidate trailing behind, Thai Rath newspaper said. Unofficial results three hours after polls closed at 5 p.m. with 270 polling stations counted, representing 94.74% of […]

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Paetongtarn told to stay away from Pheu Thai campaign for Sisaket by-election

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE COURT-SUSPENDED PRIME MINISTER Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suggested to never get on the Pheu Thai stump for next month’s by-election for MP of Sisaket, given the probability that her presence could otherwise prompt a defeat rather than a victory for the Pheu Thai contestant, a partisan source said today […]

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Sisaket by-election tug of war between Thaksin and Newin

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters NEXT MONTH’S BY-ELECTION for an MP of Sisaket will likely be a relentless tug of war between a couple of major parties with an essential difference of one being in government and the other in the opposition bloc. The Pheu Thai surreptitiously directed by de facto party boss Thaksin Shinawatra […]

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Trio of coalition partners mutually compete for southern MP seat

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TRIO OF COALITION partners are vying for a vacant MP seat of Nakhon Si Thammarat in a by-election scheduled for later this month. Regardless of political etiquette otherwise practically observed among coalition partners, the Bhumjaithai, the second largest coalition partner under de facto party boss Newin Chidchob, the Klatham, […]

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Pheu Thai wins Phitsanulok’s by-election for MP

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters Phitsanulok – The Pheu Thai, core of the current coalition government, scored a victory in Phitsanulok’s by-election for MP today (Sep. 15), defeating the People’s, the largest camp in the opposition bloc. According to unofficial results of today’s by-election in Constituency 1 of the upper central province, Pheu Thai contestant […]

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Phitsanulok by-election: The broken-hearted tipped to strike back

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters Phitsanulok – Former deputy House speaker/former MP Padipat Suntipada is lucidly anticipating all broken-hearted constituents in the capital district of the upper central province to “strike back” in the upcoming Sunday’s by-election being held to literally find somebody to replace him at parliament.  Now assisting the People’s candidate Natachanon Chanaburanasak […]

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By-election for MP to replace court-deposed Padipat due in mid-September

  By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BY-ELECTION FOR a constituency-based MP to replace former deputy House speaker Padipat Santipada will likely be held by the middle of next month. The Election Commission is expected to schedule the by-election in Phitsanulok’s Constituency 1 for Sept. 15 to find replacement for Padipat who was immediately stripped of […]

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