Over 7,000 Thairath readers revealed they most want to see the Prachachon Party debate with the Bhumjaithai Party, followed by a close second preference for a debate with Pheu Thai. Nearly half expressed the strongest desire to see Teng-Natthapong from Prachachon return to debate.
Thairath Online conducted a poll titled “Which political party pair would you like to see debate on Thairath TV’s ‘One More Debate’?” The survey ran from 23 to 29 January 2026 GMT+7, with 7,371 respondents. The results reflect the public’s interests as follows.
The first survey question asked: “Which political party pairing do you want to see debate on Thairath TV’s ‘One More Debate’?” It found that 39.81%, or 2,916 respondents, preferred a debate between Prachachon and Bhumjaithai parties. The second most popular pairing was Prachachon versus Pheu Thai, with 35.64%, or 2,610 votes.
The third most popular debate pairing was Bhumjaithai versus Pheu Thai, receiving 610 votes (8.33%). Fourth was Democrat Party versus Prachachon, with 601 votes (8.20%). Fifth was Democrat versus Bhumjaithai, with 391 votes (5.34%). The least popular debate pairing was Pheu Thai versus Democrat, with only 197 votes (2.69%).
When asked “Which candidate would you most like to see on Thairath’s ‘One More Debate’ stage?” nearly half (49.11%) chose Teng-Natthapong from Prachachon to return. Following him was Anutin Charnvirakul from Bhumjaithai with 16.58%, and Abhisit Vejjajiva from Democrat Party with 7.17%. Fourth was Sirikanya Tansakul (4.91%), fifth was Veerayut Kanjuchat (2.37%).
Sixth was Sihasak Puangketkaew (2.27%), seventh was Korn Chatikavanij (1.44%), eighth was Suriya Juangroongruangkit (1.15%), ninth was Karn Deawphairoj (0.80%). The candidate with the fewest votes was Julphan Amornwiwat from Pheu Thai, at 0.67%.
Regarding policy topics readers most want to hear on the ‘One More Debate’ stage, corruption was the top issue, surpassing livelihood concerns which had often ranked first in past polls. Over 2,000 voters, or 32.20%, chose tackling corruption. Livelihood issues ranked second with 28.77%, followed by new constitutional referendum policies at 15.45%.
The fourth most desired topic was managing the Thailand-Cambodia border issues at 8.69%, followed by tackling scammers at 5.97%, and managing relations with major powers, the U.S. and China, at 5.65%. The least interesting policy topic was welfare from pregnancy to early childhood, at 3.28%.
This survey’s respondents came from various generations in roughly similar proportions. The largest group (23.37%) were aged 46-59, followed by those aged 26-35 at 21.64%. Third were 60 and over at 20.22%, then 18-25 years at 19.39%, and 36-45 years at 15.38%. Past surveys show working-age adults and seniors (46-59) often respond the most.
Most respondents came from Bangkok at 46.89%, followed by Central region at 16.54%, Northeast at 15.63%, North at 11.11%, and South at 9.82%.