US EditionThailand Election Battle Tightens: Natthaphong Leads in Polls, PM Anutin Falters on Popularity Chart
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut’s People's Party leads with 35.1% support in polls of 26,621 voters, highlighting a sharp contest between reformists and conservatives.
- On January 30, polls show Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut leading recent opinion polls as elections on February 8, 2026 crystallize into a three-way race among People's Party, Bhumjaithai, and Pheu Thai.
- After Move Forward was dissolved, the People's Party emerged as its successor, while Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul called a snap election on Dec 12 less than 100 days into his premiership amid chaotic parliamentary sessions.
- A NIDA poll showed Natthaphong at 29%, up from 24.7%, with support from 16 to 28 respondents, while Suan Dusit placed him top in support among 26,621 people surveyed between Jan 16 and 28.
- Coalition negotiations loom over post-election prospects as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Bhumjaithai Party leader, faces pressure to consolidate conservative-leaning voters and final campaigning intensifies before February 8, 2026.
- As the vote approaches, the election frames a contest over constitutional and structural reform, with Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut's steady lead underscoring public appetite after political turbulence and the three-week border confrontation with Cambodia.
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Reformist Natthaphong leads race to be Thai PM ahead of February vote, survey shows
BANGKOK, Jan 30 — Thailand’s progressive People’s Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut continued to lead opinion polls today, highlighting the stiff challenge facing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s bid to stay in power ahead of elections on February 8.February’s vote has settled into a three-way race between Anutin’s conservative Bhumjaithai Party, the former ruling Pheu Thai Party and the reformist People’s Party.A poll by Suan Dusit Uni…
Thailand election battle tightens: Natthaphong leads in polls, PM Anutin falters on popularity chart
Thailand's 8 February elections pit reformist leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut against Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, with recent polls showing the progressive People's Party candidate maintaining a strong lead ahead of the crucial vote.
"Teng Nattapong" leads the People's Party's caravan in the final push for votes across 8 routes and 77 provinces nationwide. He declares they won't be complacent despite leading in the polls, urging voters to cast two ballots, emphasizing that splitting the vote like in 2023 is unacceptable, otherwise change won't happen.
Thailand's reformist Natthaphong is frontrunner ahead of February vote, polls show
BANGKOK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Thailand's progressive People's Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut continued to lead opinion polls on Friday, highlighting the stiff challenge facing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's bid to stay in power ahead of elections on February 8. Read full story
A little more than a week after the general elections on 8 February, a national survey showed that the progressive party remains firmly in the lead in electoral preferences, followed by Pheu Thai and Bhumjaithai of Prime Minister Anutin. Catholic bishops invite the faithful to a responsible vote based on the common good, human dignity and social justice.
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