Chalermkwan's For Thailand Party Wins Kalasin PAO Governor Race
Chalermkwan Lo Satakun of the For Thailand Party won Kalasin's PAO governor election with an 81.8% landslide on August 23, after resigning earlier in the month and returning to defend her seat.
Chalermkwan Lo Satakun, known as Khai Muek, from the For Thailand Party won the Kalasin Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) governor election with a landslide victory on August 23, 2026, after previously resigning before the end of her term on August 13 and then returning to defend her title.
Chalermkwan Lo Satakun, the For Thailand Party candidate, received ballot number 1, while Prasert Bunyuang, also known as Kamnanhit from the Hug Phaeng Biang Yaeng Kalasin group, received ballot number 2. Counting began immediately after polls closed at 5:00 p.m., and by 8:04 p.m. (unofficial results), 99.88% of all 1,668 polling units had been tallied.
The results showed Chalermkwan Lo Satakun secured 306,497 votes, representing 81.8% of the total vote, vastly outpacing her opponent and successfully defending her position as PAO governor. Her rival Prasert Bunyuang received 68,340 votes, accounting for 18.2% of the total.
Kalasin PAO reported the results in real-time at https://www.kalasin-pao.go.th/vote2569. Chalermkwan won by a margin more than four times greater than her opponent's vote count.
