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Leaders of Thailand's major political parties cast votes in election

(8 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Bangkok, Thailand - 8 February 2026 1. Various of People's Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut arriving at polling station to cast vote 2. Various of Natthaphong voting 3. Wide of Natthaphong speaking to media after voting 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, People's Party leader and prime minister candidate: "No matter what's in the people's mind, nationalism or anything else, I think the election result today, we will decide how our country, our Thailand is going to be in the future. So let it be on the people's voice and I believe in the people's voice." 5. Natthaphong with his parents outside polling station before voting 6. Yodchanan Wongsawat walking to his local polling station in Bangkok 7. Yodchanan at polling station 8. Yodchanan voting 9. Voters checking voting list at station 10. Yodchanan voting 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Yodchanan Wongsawat, Pheu Thai Party leader and their prime minister candidate: "I think that would be a really important day for Thai citizens. I would like to invite everyone to come out for the voting. And not just only the voting, this time there would be some of the referendum, as well. And if you would like to amend the constitution, I think that would be the time. I would like everyone, their right to vote is very important." 12. Yodchanan leaving voting station 13. People voting 14. Business owner Thawatchai Monkarn leaving after voting 15. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Thawatchai Monkarn, 36, business owner: "I'd like the new government to solve the economic problem as the first priority, then the country's transportation and the bad traffic issue." 16. SOUNDBITE (Thai) Warunee Jongjaroenjit, 52, office worker: "The new government should pay attention to people's livelihoods and the nation's conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. I would like them to focus more on the country's sake not their own benefit." 17. People voting at station STORYLINE: Leaders of two of Thailand's major political parties voted Sunday in the general election, which local polls consistently project that no single party will gain a majority, necessitating the formation of a coalition government. People's Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut arrived at his local station in Bangkok in high spirits. His progressive party is seen as favored to win a plurality but its reformist politics aren’t shared by its leading rivals, which may freeze it out by joining forces to form a government. "No matter what's in the people's mind, nationalism or anything else, I think the election result today, we will decide how our country, our Thailand is going to be in the future. So let it be on the people's voice and I believe in the people's voice," he told media after voting. The prime ministerial candidate for the opposition Pheu Thai Party, Yodchanan Wongsawat, also voted on Sunday. His party, backed by the billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra came to power after the last election in 2023 but have since had two leaders ousted and waning popularity. "I think that would be a really important day for Thai citizens. I would like to invite everyone to come out for the voting,” Yodchanan said. "And not just only the voting, this time there would be some of the referendum, as well. And if you would like to amend the constitution, I think that would be the time. I would like everyone, their right to vote is very important." Incumbent prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul is also expected to vote in Buriram province, northeast Thailand. AP Video by Tian Macleod Ji and Nai Sukanant Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...