The District Chief of Samut Prakan, Somchak Kaewsena, visited the polling station situated on the Daan Sam Rong Municipal District to oversee the vote counting course of. Overall, everything went smoothly, and he expressed his gratitude to the Samut Prakan residents who exercised their voting rights. As of 10.30pm, the Move Forward Party (MFP) led in all eight districts.
However, issues arose in the space of the eighth voting unit, which is in the 5th Samut Prakan constituency located at Fueng Fah Village eleven Phase 9, Phraeksa Mai Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Prakan Province. Four extra ballot papers caused confusion, resulting in the Election Commission (EC) having to re-count the votes. A single ballot paper went missing, prompting villagers to say that the voting cards did not match the scores, with a discrepancy of four votes. Guilt-free requested officials to recount, however they refused, leading to a massive number of villagers gathering till the Central EC arrived to make clear the situation and conduct a new vote count.
At 3.30am today, the unofficial outcomes showed that the MFP’s candidates gained all eight constituencies and topped the party list. In Samut Prakan, a total of 857,142 residents, accounting for 78.91%, exercised their voting rights throughout 1,438 polling items.
In Constituency 1 (100,175 people): Samut Prakan District: 1st place: Nida Mongkol Sawat, MFP, with forty six,383 votes 2nd place: Akanarat Asawa Hem, Palang Pracharath Party, with 21,460 votes third place: Praewpan Puk Pibul, Pheu Thai Party, with thirteen,889 votes Party listing votes: 1st place: MFP, with fifty one,613 votes 2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 17,278 votes 3rd place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 13,287 votes
In Constituency 2 (99,349 people): Samut Prakan District: 1st place: Ratchanok Sukprasert, MFP, with 43,435 votes 2nd place: Yongyuth Suwanbutr, Palang Pracharath Party, with 24,725 votes 3rd place: Phinyo Kijleart, Pheu Thai Party, with 18,029 votes Party record votes: 1st place: MFP, with 53,062 votes 2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 19,986 votes 3rd place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 9,485 votes
In Constituency three (106,238 people): Samut Prakan District: 1st place: Pichai Jangjaranya Wong, MFP, with 50,177 votes 2nd place: Prasert Chaikij, Pheu Thai Party, with 17,484 votes 3rd place: Porn Phun Pu Charen, Palang Pracharath Party, with 17,067 votes Party listing votes: 1st place: MFP, with 54,385 votes 2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 19,063 votes third place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with sixteen,141 votes
In Constituency four (101,810 people): Bang Phli District: 1st place: Wuthinan Boonchu, MFP, with forty nine,043 votes 2nd place: Police Major Krawat Hanprasit, Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 19,038 votes 3rd place: Samrit Hameau, Pheu Thai Party, with thirteen,098 votes Party record votes: 1st place: MFP, with 55,649 votes 2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 17,478 votes third place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 14,877 votes
In Constituency 5 (119,975 people): Bang Phli District, Bang Sao Thong District, and Mueang District: 1st place: Nitaya Mesri, MFP, with 60,282 votes 2nd place: Nitipol Boonpetch, Pheu Thai Party, with 22,505 votes 3rd place: Chaturon Nokkhomin, Palang Pracharath Party, with 19,474 votes Party record votes: 1st place: MFP, with 66,797 votes 2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 24,356 votes 3rd place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 12,365 votes
In Constituency 6 (119,975 people): Phra Pradaeng District (excluding Bang Chak Subdistrict): 1st place: Wiropat Kantha, MFP, with 37,730 votes 2nd place: Thapakorn Kulcharoen, Palang Pracharath Party, with 20,909 votes 3rd place: Neramol Thara Daramrit, Pheu Thai Party, with 18,457 votes Party record votes: 1st place: MFP, with 48,268 votes 2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 20,769 votes third place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 14,097 votes
In Constituency 7 (113,796 people): Phra Pradaeng District (Bang Chak Subdistrict only) and Phra Samut Chedi District: 1st place: Boonlert Saeng Thep, MFP, with 39,151 votes 2nd place: Salilthip Suk Watana, Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 27,455 votes 3rd place: Chatcha Pasapdi, Pheu Thai Party, with 20,638 votes Party record votes: 1st place: MFP, with fifty seven,679 votes 2nd place: Pheu Thai Party, with 23,955 votes third place: Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party, with 13,810 votes