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==Opinion polls==
==Opinion polls==

Revision as of 15:05, 30 December 2021

Kaonese presidential election, 2021-22

← 2017-18 30 December 2021 (first round)
14 January 2022 (second round)
2025-26 →
  Sukumpol Suwanatat Official 2012.jpg Lee Hsien Loong - 20101112.jpg Bong Go - August 22, 2018 (cropped).jpg
Candidate Kowit Thammarojphinij Kongsampong Khumpai Chavarat Saikwan
Party PDP CPP SMP

  Chamlong Srimuang 2008 (cropped).jpg กัญจนา ศิลปอาชา.jpg
Candidate Sawai Yubamrung Chermarn Ektawatkul
Party PPP Phak Mahachon

Incumbent President

Lursakdi Sonakul
PDP



The 11th general election in Kaona will be held on the 30th 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 14th 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.


Background

Candidates

Candidates

Presidential

Candidate name and age
political party
Political office(s) Details
Kowit Thammarojphinij (59)
PDP Kaona logo.png
People's Democrat Party
Sukumpol Suwanatat Official 2012.jpg Minister of Foreign Affairs
(2019-2021)
Minister of Defence
(2016-2019)
tba.
Kongsampong Khumpai (63)
CPP logo.png
Chart Pattana Party
Lee Hsien Loong - 20101112.jpg Prime Minister
(2010-2014)
Minister of Finance
(1996-2004; 2006-2010)
tba.
Chavarat Saikwan (46)
SMP logo.png
Socialist Masses Party
Bong Go - August 22, 2018 (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.
Chermarn Ektawatkul (61)
PK logo.png
Phak Mahachon
กัญจนา ศิลปอาชา.jpg Governor of Boripat Pakneua
(2012-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 National 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, Conservatism
7 / 240
Red XN
PK logo.png Phak Mahachon Right-wing populism, Nationalism
0 / 240
Red XN

Opinion polls

First round

Second round

Campaign

Results

Analysis