Bangkok votes for new governor

By Agence France-Presse

May 23, 2022 12:25 am

BANGKOK: Bangkok went to the polls on Sunday in its first governor election in almost a decade, with the ballot viewed as an indicator for a national vote expected within a year.

Around 4 million people are eligible to vote in the first major poll since Thailand's huge youth-led street protests in 2020 demanding political change and reform to the once-untouchable monarchy.

POLL DAY A woman casts her vote in the governor elections in Bangkok on Sunday, May 22, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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