Thai pro-democracy candidates fail to win any key regional posts

Party leader Thanathorn apologizes for defeat but vows to continue the fight

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Future Forward Party's former leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit speaks with Nikkei in Bangkok in March. (Photo by Akira Kodaka)

YOHEI MURAMATSU, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- A Thai political party that enjoys strong support from the younger population lost in all 42 provinces in which it was contesting for the provincial head.

In Sunday's local elections, Move Forward, the successor party to the now-banned Future Forward, sought the chief executive position of the provincial administrative organizations in 42 provinces and ran more than 1,000 candidates for PAO member slots in 52 provinces.

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