While the largest percentage of Thais, 27.62%, said in a poll that “no one” is suitable to be Prime Minister, Move Forward Party candidate Pita Limjaroenrat is slightly ahead of current PM Prayut. 13.42% of respondents prefer Pita, while 12.67% prefer Prayut.
This means that Pita is now the country’s most preferred candidate, followed by Prayut, then Paethongtan Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party, and then Khunying Sudarat, leader of the Thai Srang Thai Party. The next candidates on the list represent a wide variety of political parties. 3.61% of respondents said they had no answers, or were not interested.
The poll was conducted over five days from March 10-15. Respondents were Thais from across the country 18 years old and above, with diverse jobs and levels of education.
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