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Pattaya mayor re-elected in council clean sweep

Poramet Ngampichet, centre, travels Pattaya streets on Monday, thanking voters for re-electing him mayor of the city. (Photo: Amporn Sangkaew)

PATTAYA - Mayor Poramet Ngampichet was re-elected and his council candidates won all seats in the Pattaya city elections on Sunday.

Pattaya City Hall said Mr Poramet received 20,184 votes, returning him for a second term in office, followed by 11,566 votes for People’s Party candidate Ittiwat Wattanasardsatron.

Mr Poramet’s candidates also made a clean sweep, winning all Pattaya council seats in the four constituencies.

There were 80,204 eligible voters in Pattaya and 43.24% of them cast their votes on Sunday.

On Monday Mr Poramet and his “We Love Pattaya” team roamed Pattaya streets to thank voters. He promised to make Pattaya a world-class tourist destination and improve people’s lives.

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