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| next_year = [[Kaonese presidential election, 2025-26|2025-26]]
| next_year = [[Kaonese presidential election, 2025-26|2025-26]]
| election_date = 30 December 2021 (first round)<br>14 January 2022 (second round)
| election_date = 30 December 2021 (first round)<br>14 January 2022 (second round)
| image1 =[[File:Lee Hsien Loong - 20101112.jpg|160x160px]]
| image1 =[[File:Thongloun Sisoulith (19-05-2016).jpg|160x160px]]
| candidate1 =  [[Kongsampong Khumpai]]
| candidate1 =  [[Kongsampong Khumpai]]
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| popular_vote1 = '''18,179,986'''
| popular_vote1 = '''18,179,986'''
| percentage1 = '''52.3%'''
| percentage1 = '''52.3%'''
| image2 = [[File:Sukumpol Suwanatat Official 2012.jpg|160x160px]]
| image2 = [[File:Kittiratt Na-Ranong.jpg|160x160px]]
| candidate2 =[[Kowit Thammarojphinij]]
| candidate2 =[[Kowit Thammarojphinij]]
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The '''11<sup>th</sup> general election in [[Kaona]]''' was be held on the 30<sup>th</sup> December 2021 to elect both the [[President of Kaona|president]] and the National Assembly with a second round being held on the 14<sup>th</sup> 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.  
The '''11<sup>th</sup> general election in [[Kaona]]''' was be held on the 30<sup>th</sup> December 2021 to elect both the [[President of Kaona|president]] and the National Assembly with a second round being held on the 14<sup>th</sup> 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.  
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 the far-left Socialist Masses Party.  
==Electoral process==
==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.  
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.
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.


==Background==
==Background==
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| '''[[Kowit Thammarojphinij]]''' ({{Age|1962|7|26|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:PDP Kaona logo.png|50px]]<br>[[People's Democrat Party]]
| '''[[Kowit Thammarojphinij]]''' ({{Age|1962|7|26|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:PDP Kaona logo.png|50px]]<br>[[People's Democrat Party]]
| [[File:Sukumpol Suwanatat Official 2012.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Kittiratt Na-Ranong.jpg|100px]]
| '''Minister of Foreign Affairs'''<br><small>(2019-2021)</small><br>'''Minister of Defence'''<br><small>(2016-2019)</small>
| '''Minister of Health'''<br><small>(2019-2021)</small><br>'''Minister of Finance'''<br><small>(2016-2019)</small>
| tba.
| tba.
|-
|-
| style="background-color:#00BBFF;" |
| style="background-color:#00BBFF;" |
| '''[[Kongsampong Khumpai]]''' ({{Age|1958|3|22|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:CPP logo.png|50px]]<br>[[Chart Pattana Party]]
| '''[[Kongsampong Khumpai]]''' ({{Age|1958|3|22|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:CPP logo.png|50px]]<br>[[Chart Pattana Party]]
| [[File:Lee Hsien Loong - 20101112.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Thongloun Sisoulith (19-05-2016).jpg|100px]]
| '''Prime Minister'''<br><small>(2010-2014)</small><br>'''Minister of Finance'''<br><small>(1996-2004; 2006-2010)</small>
| '''Prime Minister'''<br><small>(2010-2014)</small><br>'''Minister of Finance'''<br><small>(1996-2004; 2006-2010)</small>
| tba.
| tba.
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| style="background-color:#D4001F;" |
| style="background-color:#D4001F;" |
| '''[[Chavarat Saikwan]]''' ({{Age|1978|7|13|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:SMP logo.png|50px]]<br>[[Socialist Masses Party]]
| '''[[Chavarat Saikwan]]''' ({{Age|1978|7|13|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:SMP logo.png|50px]]<br>[[Socialist Masses Party]]
| [[File:ปิยะบุตร ครอบตัด 2019.jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Piyabutr Saengkanokkul (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| '''Member of the National Assembly'''<br><small>(2014-present)</small>
| '''Member of the National Assembly'''<br><small>(2014-present)</small>
| tba.  
| tba.  
|-
|-
| style="background-color:#11305F;" |
| style="background-color:#11305F;" |
| '''[[Sawai Yubamrung]]''' ({{Age|1942|5|4|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:PPP logo.png|50px]]-[[File:Aspiration Party logo.png|50px]]<br>[[People's Power Party]]-[[Aspiration Party]]  
| '''[[Sawai Yubamrung]]''' ({{Age|1942|5|4|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:PPP logo.png|50px]]<br>[[People's Power Party]]  
| [[File:Chamlong Srimuang 2008 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| [[File:Chamlong Srimuang 2008 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| '''Chairman of the Audit Board'''<br><small>(1994-1998)</small><br>'''Member of the National Assembly'''<br><small>(2006-present)</small>
| '''Chairman of the Audit Board'''<br><small>(1994-1998)</small><br>'''Member of the National Assembly'''<br><small>(2006-present)</small>
| tba.
|-
| style="background-color:#E42D92;" |
| '''[[Chermarn Ektawatkul]]''' ({{Age|1959|12|2|2021|11|21}})<br>[[File:PK logo.png|50px]]<br>[[Phak Mahachon]]
| [[File:Rosana Tositrakul.jpg|100px]]
| None
| tba.  
| tba.  
|}
|}
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| [[File:CPP logo.png|100px]]
| [[File:CPP logo.png|100px]]
| [[Chart Pattana Party]]
| [[Chart Pattana Party]]
| {{wp|National conservatism}}, {{wp|Economic liberalism}}
| {{wp|Conservatism}}, {{wp|Economic liberalism}}
| {{Composition bar|46|240|hex=#00BBFF}}
| {{Composition bar|46|240|hex=#00BBFF}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
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| [[File:Aspiration Party logo.png|100px]]
| [[File:Aspiration Party logo.png|100px]]
| [[Aspiration Party]]
| [[Aspiration Party]]
| {{wp|Economic liberalism}}, {{wp|Conservatism}}
| {{wp|Economic liberalism}}, {{wp|Liberal conservatism}}
| {{Composition bar|7|240|hex=#FFD700}}
| {{Composition bar|7|240|hex=#FFD700}}
|{{N}}
|-
| style="background:#E42D92" |
| [[File:PK logo.png|70px]]
| [[Phak Mahachon]]
| {{wp|Liberalism}}, {{wp|Populism}}
| {{Composition bar|0|240|hex=#E42D92}}
|{{N}}
|{{N}}
|}
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|-  
|-  
|style=background-color:#00BBFF; |
|style=background-color:#00BBFF; |
|align=left|[[Kongsampong Khumpai]]||align=left|[[Chart Pattana Party]]||'''14,653,052'''||'''44.1%'''||'''18,179,986'''||52.3%
|align=left|[[Kongsampong Khumpai]]||align=left|[[Chart Pattana Party]]||'''12,653,052'''||'''38.60%'''||'''18,179,986'''||52.3%
|-
|-
|style=background-color:#007500; |
|style=background-color:#007500; |
|align=left|[[Kowit Thammarojphinij]]||align=left|[[People's Democrat Party]]||'''5,998,900'''||'''18.3%'''||16,024,806||46.1%
|align=left|[[Kowit Thammarojphinij]]||align=left|[[People's Democrat Party]]||'''11,899,824'''||'''36.30%'''||16,024,806||46.1%
|-
|-
|style=background-color:#D4001F |
|style=background-color:#D4001F |
|align=left|[[Chavarat Saikwan]]||align=left|[[Socialist Masses Party]]||3,999,267||12.2%|| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |
|align=left|[[Chavarat Saikwan]]||align=left|[[Socialist Masses Party]]||3,999,267||12.2%||colspan="2" rowspan="2" ||
|-
|style=background-color:#E42D92; |
|align=left|[[Chermarn Ektawatkul]]||align=left|[[Phak Mahachon]]||3,900,924||11.9%
|-
|-
|style=background-color:#11305F; |
|style=background-color:#11305F; |
|align=left|[[Sawai Yubamrung]]||align=left|[[People's Power Party]]||3,081,402||9.4%
|align=left|[[Sawai Yubamrung]]||align=left|[[People's Power Party]]||3,081,402||9.4%||
|-
|-
|colspan=3 align=left|Blank votes||1,147,330||3.5%||556,175||1.6%
|colspan=3 align=left|Blank votes||1,147,330||3.5%||556,175||1.6%

Latest revision as of 02:30, 15 January 2024

Kaonese presidential election, 2021-22
← 2017-18 30 December 2021 (first round)
14 January 2022 (second round)		 2025-26 →
  Thongloun Sisoulith (19-05-2016).jpg Kittiratt Na-Ranong.jpg
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 11th general election in Kaona was be held on the 30th December 2021 to elect both the president and the National Assembly with a second round being held on the 14th 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 the far-left Socialist Masses Party.

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.

Background

Candidates

Presidential

Candidate name and age
political party 		Political office(s) Details
Kowit Thammarojphinij (59)
PDP Kaona logo.png
People's Democrat Party 		Kittiratt Na-Ranong.jpg Minister of Health
(2019-2021)
Minister of Finance
(2016-2019) 		tba.
Kongsampong Khumpai (63)
CPP logo.png
Chart Pattana Party 		Thongloun Sisoulith (19-05-2016).jpg Prime Minister
(2010-2014)
Minister of Finance
(1996-2004; 2006-2010) 		tba.
Chavarat Saikwan (43)
SMP logo.png
Socialist Masses Party 		Piyabutr Saengkanokkul (cropped).jpg Member of the National Assembly
(2014-present) 		tba.
Sawai Yubamrung (79)
PPP logo.png
People's Power Party 		Chamlong Srimuang 2008 (cropped).jpg Chairman of the Audit Board
(1994-1998)
Member of the National Assembly
(2006-present) 		tba.

Parliamentary

Party Ideology Outgoing
seats 		In government
PDP Kaona logo.png People's Democrat Party Left-wing nationalism, Left-wing populism
137 / 240
 Green tickY
CPP logo.png Chart Pattana Party Conservatism, Economic liberalism
46 / 240
 Red XN
PPP logo.png People's Power Party Political Macakkanism, Religious nationalism
18 / 240
 Red XN
SMP logo.png Socialist Masses Party Democratic socialism, Left-wing populism
12 / 240
 Red XN
Aspiration Party logo.png Aspiration Party Economic liberalism, Liberal conservatism
7 / 240
 Red XN

Campaign

Results

Presidential

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Kongsampong Khumpai Chart Pattana Party 12,653,052 38.60% 18,179,986 52.3%
Kowit Thammarojphinij People's Democrat Party 11,899,824 36.30% 16,024,806 46.1%
Chavarat Saikwan Socialist Masses Party 3,999,267 12.2% colspan="2" rowspan="2"
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

2012 Kaona.svg
Party Votes Seats ±
Geographical Constituencies % Proportional Constituencies % Geographical Constituencies Proportional Constituencies Total
Chart Pattana Party tba tba tba tba tba tba 87 Increase41
People's Democrat Party tba tba tba tba tba tba 73 Decrease64
Socialist Masses Party tba tba tba tba tba tba 24 Increase12
People's Power Party tba tba tba tba tba tba 20 Increase2
Phak Mahachon tba tba tba tba tba tba 12 Increase12
Aspiration Party tba tba tba tba tba tba 2 Decrease5
Independents tba tba tba tba tba tba 22 Increase2
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 - -

Analysis

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