Listen to this articleElection campaign posters lining Charansanit Wong Road in Bangkok ahead of the Feb 8 general election. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)Thailand's progressive opposition People's Party and its ​leader are most favoured among voters for next month's general election, two surveys showed, underlining the stiff challenge facing caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's bid to stay in power. The Feb 8 election could usher in a new round of turmoil in Thailand and will be a showdown between ‌the anti-establishment People's Party, Mr Anutin's conservative Bhumjaithai and the former ruling party Pheu Thai, with bitter histories of betrayal that could complicate efforts to form a government. The People's Party was backed by 34.2% ‌of respondents in a Jan 6-9 poll by Suan Dusit released on Sunday, with Bhumjaithai second on 16.2% and the once-dominant Pheu Thai on 16.0%. Nida's Jan 5-8 survey of 2,500 people ​showed the People's Party as the most popular with about 30.5% of support, followed by Bhumjaithai at 22.3%.

Source: Bangkok Post January 12, 2026 12:35 UTC