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Pita Limjaroenrat, the Move Forward Party (MFP) leader, is the top choice for prime minister among Bangkok residents, trailed by some distance by current prime minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha and Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha is the most popular choice for the post of prime minister for people in the South, followed by Paetongtarn "Ung-ing" Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party, in an opinion poll by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

A majority of people disagree with the Narcotics Act, which in principle presumes that "drug users" are "sick persons", saying drug users should be penalised because otherwise they could eventually become drug dealers, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

Paetongtarn "Ung Ing" Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party is still the most popular choice for prime minister, according to the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll - although the largest percentage of people selected the answer choice 'none'.

A majority of people are not satisfied with Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon's performance as caretaker prime minister, according to the result of an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

A majority of people believe news reports about "ghost recruits" - government officials recorded as working at a state agency in three Deep South provinces without actually doing the job - are true, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

A majority of people do not worry that protests against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha over his 8-year tenure in the premiership might send the country into chaos, and believe the protests will not force him to resign or dissolve the House of Representatives, according to the result of an opinion…

Eligible voters are split over how to vote in the next general election when they cast two ballots - one for a constituency MP and the other for a party - but the opposition has three times more committed support than the government in the party list vote, according to…

A majority of people do not believe speculation that the ruling Palang Pracharath Party and the opposition Pheu Thai Party have reached a political deal over the method to calculate party-list MPs and to support PPRP leader Prawit Wongsuwon as the successor to Prayut Chan-o-cha as prime minister, according to…

Most people think Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha should announce to the public that he will quit as prime minister when the eight-year limit on his premiership expires, which is this month, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.

Many people think cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, were unable to give clear answers to questions raised by the opposition in the no-confidence debate, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.