Independent candidates running in the Bangkok gubernatorial and city council elections are the voters' top choices with polling exactly four weeks away, a Nida poll showed on Sunday.
The National Institute of Development and Administration questioned 1,310 voters in Bangkok on Thursday.
The Nida poll showed 64.92% of eligible voters preferred non-partisan contenders, and only 16.88% supported candidates fielded by political parties.
A similar pattern emerged for the city council election in the city's 50 districts, with a plurality of 48.47% of voters indicating they would cast their ballots for independents, and only 32.21% favouring party candidates.
The percentage of voters who have not made up their mind on their preferences was less than 7% in the two categories.
The Bangkok governor and city council elections are on Sunday June 28. The gubernatorial poll so far has 16 candidates vying for Bangkok's top job, three of them backed by political parties, according to the latest update by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. It said 249 candidates had registered for the 50-seat city council election.
Monday is the last for day candidate registration.
Outgoing governor Chadchart Sittipunt, a former Pheu Thai politician standing for re-election as a independent, leads in surveys by two pollsters, Nida and King Prajadhipok's Institute.
