In Thailand, Local Elections See Stagnating Progressive Vote

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On Sunday, Thai voters went to the polls for provincial elections, the country’s first electoral exercise since flawed national elections in 2019 that marked the end of five years of direct military rule.
The important local elections came amid a raft of large youth-led protests against the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, which have featured taboo-breaking demands for the reform of the Thai monarchy.
The elections, which chose provincial administrative organizations (PAOs) in 76 provinces outside the capital Bangkok, were expected to provide a sense of whether the ongoing youth-led protests would translate into impact at the ballot box. On this count, the result was slightly disappointing, its most notable outcome being the failure of the Progressive Movement, the successor of the banned Future Forward party, to expand its pool of support.

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