2021-22 Kaonese presidential election

Kaonese presidential election, 2021-22

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

Candidate Kowit Thammarojphinij Kongsampong Khumpai Chavarat Saikwan Party PDP CPP SMP   Candidate Sawai Yubamrung Chermarn Ektawatkul Party PPP Phak Mahachon

Incumbent President Lursakdi Sonakul PDP

The 11^th general election in Kaona will be held on the 30^th December 2021 to elect both the president and the National Assembly. If no candidate reaches the require 50% of the vote in the first round then a second round will be 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 is ineligible to run for a third term.

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 (46) Socialist Masses Party		Member of the National Assembly (2014-present)	tba.
	Sawai Yubamrung (79) People's Power Party		Chairman of the Audit Board (1994-1998) Member of the National Assembly (2006-present)	tba.
	Chermarn Ektawatkul (61) Phak Mahachon		Governor of Boripat Pakneua (2012-present)	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	Right-wing populism, Nationalism	0 / 240	N Opinion polls First round Second round Campaign Results Analysis