Suharit meets supporters in real life

Independent Bangkok governor candidate Suharit Siamwala yesterday launched his first election rally at Lumpini Park and introduced his moving banners which can feature audio and video of his speech once viewed via an Augmented Reality application on mobile phones.

He said it was his first time into the real

world after campaigning only in social media.

He had received good feedback and from now

on he would see the feedback in reality.

Some of the hundreds of supporters greeting

him yesterday wore T-shirts featuring his

picture and No 17, his candidate number.

Kangnam for Sukhumband

Democrat election director Ong-art

Klampaiboon said the party has launched an

election campaign song for its candidate MR

Sukhumbhand Paribatra - "Sukhumbhand

Style" using the melody of the Korean Psy's

Gangnam Style.

Former Bangkok governor Apirak

Kosayodhin at a rally stage in Don Mueang

also promoted Sukhumbhand's policy of using

giant tunnels to solve flood problems.

The real candidate

Sereepisuth Temeeyaves said he would not

reveal his deputy governor team yet. First, he

wanted voters to decide the best candidate to

be governor, which is him.

"I want the people to know the real me, that

I am a decisive person and I have no fear of

influential people. This is the real Bangkok

governor," he said.

Pongsapat leads, says poll

Pheu Thai candidate Pongsapat

Pongcharoen is the lead contender (41 per

cent) in the Bangkok governor race, Suan

Dusit Poll said in a survey released yesterday.

The runners-up are Democrat MR

Sukhumbhand Paribatra (36 per cent) and

independent Sereepisuth Temiyavej (6.8 per

cent).

Kosit Suvinijjit and Suharit Siamwalla

followed with 0.97 and 0.53 per cent

respectively.

Almost 14 per cent of Bangkok residents

remain undecided.

Among favourable factors in connection

with campaigning are the hustings, the

interesting billboards and face-to-face

meeting with candidates.

Unfavourable factors include unrealistic

promises, road snarls due to slow-moving

campaign vehicles and mud-slinging among

the candidates.

Campaigns get votes

In another opinion poll conducted by

Srinakharinwirot University, young voters

said campaign platforms would be among

the most decisive factors for how they would

cast their votes.

Other critical factors were previous job

performance, work experience and party's

banner.

About three in five said they would form their own decision on whom to vote.