2021-22 Kaonese presidential election

Kaonese presidential election, 2021-22

30 December 2021 (first round) 14 January 2022 (second round)

Candidate Kongsampong Khumpai Kowit Thammarojphinij Party CPP PDP Popular vote 18,179,986 16,024,806 Percentage 52.3% 46.1%

President before election Lursakdi Sonakul PDP Elected President Kongsampong Khumpai CPP

The 11^th general election in Kaona was be held on the 30^th December 2021 to elect both the president and the National Assembly with a second round being held on the 14^th January. Under the Kaonese constitution, the president is restricted to two four-year terms in office meaning the incumbent president Lursakdi Sonakul was ineligible to run for a third term.

Former premier Kongsampong Khumpai of the centre-right Chart Pattana Party won the presidential elections with the CPP emerging as the largest party in parliament. The PDP which had won the presidency in the last two elections and maintained a majority in parliament lost support both to the CPP and two more leftist alternatives, the far-left Socialist Masses Party and liberal Phak Mahachon.

Electoral process

Since the 1981 presidential election presidents in Kaona are elected in a two-round system in which if a candidate does not achieve 50%+ of the vote in the first round the candidates with the two highest percentage of the vote will enter a second round. President's can serve a maximum of two four year terms, meaning incumbent president Lursakdi Sonakul is not eligible for re-election.

To registrar to become a candidate one has to be a Kaonese citizen, have had permanent residency in Kaona in the past ten years, be over the age of 35 and either has collected 50,000 voters' signatures or be the official candidate of a political party with 5% representation in the National Assembly. People with dual citizenship are banned from running for public office.

Candidates

Presidential

Candidate name and age political party			Political office(s)	Details
	Kowit Thammarojphinij (59) People's Democrat Party		Minister of Foreign Affairs (2019-2021) Minister of Defence (2016-2019)	tba.
	Kongsampong Khumpai (63) Chart Pattana Party		Prime Minister (2010-2014) Minister of Finance (1996-2004; 2006-2010)	tba.
	Chavarat Saikwan (43) Socialist Masses Party		Member of the National Assembly (2014-present)	tba.
	Sawai Yubamrung (79) - People's Power Party-Aspiration Party		Chairman of the Audit Board (1994-1998) Member of the National Assembly (2006-present)	tba.
	Chermarn Ektawatkul (61) Phak Mahachon		None	tba.

Parliamentary

Party			Ideology	Outgoing seats	In government
		People's Democrat Party	Left-wing nationalism, Left-wing populism	137 / 240	Y
		Chart Pattana Party	National conservatism, Economic liberalism	46 / 240	N
		People's Power Party	Political Macakkanism, Religious nationalism	18 / 240	N
		Socialist Masses Party	Democratic socialism, Left-wing populism	12 / 240	N
		Aspiration Party	Economic liberalism, Conservatism	7 / 240	N
		Phak Mahachon	Liberalism, Populism	0 / 240	N

Results

Presidential

Candidate		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Kongsampong Khumpai	Chart Pattana Party	14,653,052	44.1%	18,179,986	52.3%
	Kowit Thammarojphinij	People's Democrat Party	5,998,900	18.3%	16,024,806	46.1%
	Chavarat Saikwan	Socialist Masses Party	3,999,267	12.2%
	Chermarn Ektawatkul	Phak Mahachon	3,900,924	11.9%
	Sawai Yubamrung	People's Power Party	3,081,402	9.4%
Blank votes			1,147,330	3.5%	556,175	1.6%
Total			32,780,878	-	34,760,969	-
Registered voters/turnout			56,093,221	58.44%	56,093,221	61.97%

Parliamentary

Party		Votes				Seats			±
		Geographical Constituencies	%	Proportional Constituencies	%	Geographical Constituencies	Proportional Constituencies	Total
	Chart Pattana Party	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	87	41
	People's Democrat Party	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	73	64
	Socialist Masses Party	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	24	12
	People's Power Party	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	20	2
	Phak Mahachon	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	12	12
	Aspiration Party	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	2	5
	Independents	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	22	2
	Others	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	0	-
Invalid/blank votes		tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	-	-
Total		tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	-	-
Registered voters/turnout		tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	tba	-	-