The second batch of elections took place on 23 July 2006. At stake were all 57 Bangkok Metropolitan Council seats as well as all district council seats in the 36 districts that did not hold polls in April. Out of a total of 3,996,881 eligible voters, 1,676,373 voters came to vote, resulting in a voter turnout rate of 41.94 percent. This figure was up from the previous elections held in 2002, when only 35.53 percent of eligible voters turned out to vote.
Bangkok Metropolitan Council The number of seats on the Bangkok Metropolitan Council was reduced from 61 to 57 for the 2006 election. In the last elections, held on 16 June 2002, the
Democrats won 28 constituencies and
Thai Rak Thai took 25, while the
Prachakorn Thai Party, the
Chart Thai Party and the Mod Ngarn Group each won two seats. The remaining seat went to an independent candidate. The Democrats made big gains in the 2006 poll, winning 35 seats, giving them an absolute majority on the council for the first time ever. Thai Rak Thai managed to pull in only 18 seats, while the remaining four seats went to independent candidates.
36 district council elections Elections for 36 district councils were held concurrently with the elections for the BMA council. == References ==