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and voters continued to admire the Democratic Party headed by former prime minister and

the ex-party leader Chuan Leekpai. (5) Use of monetary and non-monetary incentives for
election fraud did not affect people’s decisions, and, furthermore people in Surat Thani Province

have a negative attitude toward candidates who used financial fraud. (6) People in Surat Thani
think that candidates who have switched political parties and those who are part of political

dynasties are acceptable because their new party makes more choices for people and political
experience from their families make skillful candidates, however, these two factors were not

more important than political party preference.