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((short description|Eighth gubernatorial election for the city of Bangkok, Thailand))
((more citations needed|date=January 2008))
((Infobox election
| country = Thailand
| flag_image = Flag of Bangkok.svg
| type = presidential
| previous_election = 2004 Bangkok gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 2004
| election_date = 5 October 2008
| next_election = Bangkok gubernatorial election, 2009
| next_year = 2009
| turnout = 54.18%

| image1 =  ((CSS image crop|Image =Apirak kosayothin1.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0))
| candidate1 = '''[[Apirak Kosayothin]]'''
| party1 = Democrat Party (Thailand)
| popular_vote1 = '''991,018'''
| percentage1 = '''45.93%'''

| image2 = ((CSS image crop|Image =ประภัสร์ จงสงวน.png|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0))
| candidate2 = Prapas Chongsa-nguan
| party2 = People's Power Party (Thailand)
| popular_vote2 = 543,488
| percentage2 = 25.19%

| image4 = ((CSS image crop|Image =Chuwit Kamolvisit cropped 2010.jpg|bSize = 120|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 150|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0))
| colour4 = 
| candidate4 = [[Chuwit Kamolvisit]]
| party4 = Independent politician
| popular_vote4 = 340,616
| percentage4 = 15.79%

| image5 = 
| colour5 = 
| candidate5 = [[Kriengsak Chareonwongsak]]
| party5 = Independent politician
| popular_vote5 = 260,051
| percentage5 = 12.05%

| map_image = Bangkok gubernatorial election 2008 by district.svg
| map_caption = Gubernatorial election results map. <span style="color:blue;">Blue</span> denotes districts won by Apirak

| title = Governor
| before_election = [[Apirak Kosayothin]]
| before_party = Democrat Party (Thailand)
| after_election = [[Apirak Kosayothin]]
| after_party = Democrat Party (Thailand)
))

The eighth [[Governor|gubernatorial]] [[election]] for the city of [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]], was held on 5 October 2008. The election was won by the incumbent Governor [[Apirak Kosayothin]], placing him in his second consecutive four-year term in office, winning 45.93 percent of the vote. Of a total of 4,087,329 eligible voters, 2,214,320 voted, giving a turnout rate of 54.18 percent, lower than the 70 percent target expected by the Election Committee.

Sixteen candidates contested the election. Apirak, candidate for the opposition [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]], was seen as the favourite. Other candidates included [[Chuwit Kamolvisit]], a former massage parlour businessman who also ran in the 2004 election, Prapas Chongsa-nguan, former governor of the [[Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand]] and candidate for the [[People's Power Party (Thailand)|People's Power Party]], [[Kriengsak Chareonwongsak]], an academic and professor in business administration, and Leena Jangjanja, a businesswoman and lawyer who ran in the previous election and the 2006 senate election.

The sixth elected governor of Bangkok, Apirak is the second to be elected to a second term, after [[Chamlong Srimuang]], governor from 1985–1992, who was incidentally arrested at a polling station early on the election day, on charges of insurrection due to his role as leader of the [[People's Alliance for Democracy]], a group which has staged protests and [[2008 Thai political crisis|occupied Government House]] since August.<ref>AFP 2008.</ref>

==Campaign==
Apirak's four-year term as governor ended on 28 August 2008. Applications for the post were accepted from 1 to 5 September, and the official list of candidates was announced on 11 September. Campaigning included public speeches by candidates, television interviews, campaign trucks announcing messages through loudspeakers, and most noticeably, a multitude of campaign posters erected on the pavements, some of which fell over and injured pedestrians and motorcyclists.<ref>Head 2008.</ref>

The more unusual campaigning stunts included Leena's bathing in a canal to reflect the local population's experiences, which ended tragically when her campaign manager drowned.<ref>Sinlapalavan & Kongdejsakda 2008.</ref> Nearer to the election day, Chuwit caused headline news by punching and kicking a television journalist after an interview.<ref>Wong-Anan 2008.</ref>

Chuwit also filed complaints against Apirak, claiming that the appearance of Apirak's name on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's election publicity posters violated electoral law.<ref>Wancharoen & Glahan 2008.</ref> The case was accepted by the Bangkok Election Committee, but a final ruling by the Election Commission would not be heard until after the election.

==Results==
Polling was organised by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration under the supervision of the Bangkok Election Commission, with a total budget of over 154 million baht. Voting took place from 08:00 to 15:00 on 5 October at 6,337 polling stations across the [[List of districts in Bangkok|fifty districts]] of the city.<ref>BMA 2008a</ref>

Exit polls by [[Assumption University (Thailand)|Assumption]] and [[Suan Dusit Rajabhat University|Suan Dusit Rajabhat]] Universities indicated that Apirak had won 44 to 52 percent of the vote by the time the polling stations closed.<ref>TNA 2008.</ref>  The unofficial results, to be submitted to the Election Commission for approval, were announced by the Bangkok City Clerk on midnight.<ref>Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). (2008). "รายงานความคืบหน้านับคะเเนนผู้สมัครการเลือกตั้งผู้ว่าราชาการกรุงเทพมหานคร ปี 2551" [Progress report of vote counting for candidates in the Bangkok governor's election 2008]. (PDF) (in Thai). http://office2.bangkok.go.th/ard/wp-content/uploads/election/3.8.pdf ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231061418/http://office2.bangkok.go.th/ard/wp-content/uploads/election/3.8.pdf |date=2021-12-31 ))</ref>

((Election results
|cand1=[[Apirak Kosayodhin]]|party1=[[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]]|votes1=991018
|cand2=Prapas Chongsa-nguan|party2=[[People's Power Party (Thailand)|People's Power Party]]|votes2=543488
|cand3=[[Chuwit Kamolvisit]]|party3=Independent|votes3=340616
|cand4=[[Kriengsak Chareonwongsak]]|party4=Independent|votes4=260051
|cand5=Leena Jungjanja|party5=Independent|votes5=6267
|cand6=Wittaya Jangkobpattana|party6=Independent|votes6=3759
|cand7=Warawut Thanangkorn|party7=Independent|votes7=2771
|cand8=Metta Temchamnarn|party8=Metta Tham Group|votes8=2105
|cand9=Kittisak Thirawisit|party9=Independent|votes9=2102
|cand10=Vachiraporn Aayooyuen|party10=Public Party (Satharanachon)|votes10=1140
|cand11=Sumet Tanthanasirikul|party11=Krung Thep Phatthana Team|votes11=1078
|cand12=Toranee Rithee-thamdamrong|party12=Independent|votes12=852
|cand13=Popsak Panseethong|party13=Independent|votes13=811
|cand14=Udom Viboonteppachat|party14=Independent|votes14=617
|cand15=Somchai Paiboon|party15=Independent|votes15=503
|cand16=Nipon Simprayoon|party16=Independent|votes16=421
|blank=37345
|invalid=19376
|electorate=4087239
|source=[http://office2.bangkok.go.th/ard/wp-content/uploads/election/3.8.pdf Bangkok Metropolitan Administration]
))

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((citation|last=AFP |title=Thai police arrest second anti-govt protest leader |date=5 October 2008 |publisher=AFP |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6cHuNxaKfhLhcrr25HH_XCCQWMw |access-date=2008-10-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926224938/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6cHuNxaKfhLhcrr25HH_XCCQWMw |archive-date=2012-09-26 )).
* ((citation|last=Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|title=กทม.ใช้งบจัดเลือกตั้ง 154 ล้าน|date=September 2008|publisher=Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|url=http://office.bangkok.go.th/prd_publicize/1_news.htm|access-date=2008-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718001822/http://office.bangkok.go.th/prd_publicize/1_news.htm|archive-date=2011-07-18|url-status=dead)).
* ((citation|last=Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|title=ผลการเลือกตั้งผู้ว่าราชการกรุงเทพมหานคร 5 ต.ค. 51 (อย่างไม่เป็นทางการ) ณ เวลา 23.31 น.|publisher=Bangkok Metropolitan Administration|date=5 October 2008|url=http://www.bangkok.go.th/|access-date=2008-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007013654/http://www.bangkok.go.th/|archive-date=2008-10-07|url-status=bot: unknown)). (Archived by WebCite at). ((in lang|th)).
*((citation|last=Bangkok Post|title=Sweeping victory for Apirak in city poll|date=6 October 2008|publisher=Bangkok Post|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/061008_News/06Oct2008_news03.php|access-date=2008-10-06)). (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5bNBiRBDV).
* ((citation|last=Head|first=Jonathan|title=Bangkok set for mayoral elections|publisher=BBC News|date=5 October 2008|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7653120.stm|access-date=2008-10-06)).
* ((citation|last=Sinlapalavan|first=Budsarakham|last2=Kongdejsakda|first2=Kornwika|title=Catastrophe!|date=26 September 2008|publisher=The Nation|url=http://nationmultimedia.com/2008/09/26/national/national_30084451.php|access-date=2008-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090617234250/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/09/26/national/national_30084451.php|archive-date=17 June 2009|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all)).
* ((citation|last=Thai News Agency|title=Exit Polls: Former Bangkok governor Apirak re-elected|date=5 October 2008|publisher=Thai News Agency|url=http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=6635|access-date=2008-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002103032/http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=6635|archive-date=2011-10-02|url-status=dead)).
* ((citation|last=Wancharoen|first=Supoj|last2=Glahan|first2=Surasak|title=Apirak faces allegations of unfair campaigning|publisher=Bangkok Post|date=2 October 2008|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/021008_News/02Oct2008_news03.php|access-date=2008-10-06)). (Archived by WebCite at https://www.webcitation.org/5bNKZxGCf).
* ((citation|last=Wong-Anan|first=Nopporn|title=Bangkok governor hopeful punches TV host|publisher=Reuters|date=2 October 2008|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKTRE49142Y20081002|access-date=2008-10-07)).

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