Here is a “quick and dirty” map of the referendum result provided by Chris Baker. Thanks Chris! [UPDATE (21 August): I have replaced the original map with a revised map that reflects the final vote count.]
The pink zones
August 20th, 2007 by Andrew Walker · 6 Comments
Tags: Referendum
6 responses so far ↓
1 Lleij Samuel Schwartz // Aug 20, 2007 at 2:42 pm
And I thought the outcome of the referendum was supposed to restore “unity” amongst the Thai populus.
Excuse me while I puke.
2 LouisW // Aug 20, 2007 at 7:29 pm
What really surprises me is the extreme contrast between the southern provinces and the northeast. Can anyone provide with an explanation? Why does Lampang stands out in the north?
3 Grasshopper // Aug 20, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Very composed on SBS tonight Andrew!
4 Farang Ky Ay // Aug 20, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Hi,
In my opinion, the South massive approval on this constitution is linked to the “no = support Thaksin” issue… Junta’s communication campaigns seems to be most efficient in this area as Southern people seems to resent Thaksin policy toward them…
FKA
5 Republican // Aug 21, 2007 at 12:34 am
The result in the south isn’t so difficult to understand: the stronghold of the royalist Democrats party, Prem, and the 4th Army Region, and with martial law in operation in the border provinces, in a country controlled by a royalist-military dictatorship. When the opposition party has been destroyed by a royally-endorsed kangaroo court set up by the junta it is a little difficult to campaign.
By the way, note that the population of the “three southern provinces” is a small portion of the total population of the 14 provinces which officially make up “the south”. Interesting that the southern provinces with majority or sizeable Muslim populations appear to have given less support to the draft Constitution than the Buddhist provinces.
6 LouisW // Aug 21, 2007 at 12:37 am
Thank you FKA, it dawned on me after a while…. Monday morning obviously…
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