Bangkok Votes for Governor Amid Urban Challenges

Bangkok votes for governor as Chadchart eyes record term amid urban woes

Bangkok residents began voting on Sunday for governor of the Southeast Asian megacity, with Chadchart Sittipunt tipped to return to City Hall to steer a capital blighted by floods, traffic and pollution. Over 4.5 million Bangkokians are eligible to vote for the governor and 50 council members who will run the city authority. Chadchart, 60, a former transport minister and engineering lecturer, led the polls ahead of Sunday’s ballot, as a man affectionately dubbed “Hulk” seeks a second four-yea...

By Aidan Jones