Yingluck Seeks Bangkok Win as Opposition Weakens: Southeast Asia
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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s party is on course to win Bangkok’s governor election for the first time, dealing a blow to opponents aligned with royalist groups who have held the capital since 2004.
Pongsapat Pongcharoen, a former deputy police commissioner, is leading in polls for the March 3 election to run the city of about 7 million people. He is challenging Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra, a member of the opposition Democrat Party and a great-grandson of former King Chulalongkorn.