Future Forward Party wins northern Thailand by-election

BANGKOK: Sunday’s by-election in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province saw a landslide victory for the Future Forward Party’s candidate over an archrival from the Palang Pracharath (power of people’s state) Party.

According to unofficial results of the contest for an MP seat in Chiang Mai’s Constituency 8, Future Forward Party’s candidate Srinual Boonlue won over 75,000 votes while Palang Pracharath candidate Nares Thamrong­tipayakhun gained about 27,000 votes.