Economic issues top public priorities for new governmentA voter checks the notice board before voting in the general election at a polling station in Bangkok on Sunday. People expect a new government to help them resolve economic problems first. Economic concerns were the top issue respondents expected the new administration to resolve, identified by 38% of respondents, ahead of social and political problems, which gained 32.3% and 29.7% endorsement, respectively. On social issues, 33.6% of people wanted illicit-drug problems to be clamped down on, while scamming and illegally run businesses came second at 29.4%. Corruption topped political problems, with 52.8% of respondents wanting the government to seriously eradicate it, while writing a new constitution was the second priority at only 17.8%.

Source: Bangkok Post February 13, 2026 06:06 UTC