The Kla Party is a

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led by

Korn Chatikavanij Korn Chatikavanij ( th, กรณ์ จาติกวณิช, , born 19 February 1964 in London) is a Thai Democrat Party politician, best selling author, and former investment banker. From 2008 to 2011, he was finance minister under Abhisit ...

, a former member of the Democrat Party. In 2022, the party participated in the Bangkok metropolitan council election but failed to secure any seats, receiving 53,232 votes (2.32% of the total). On September 26, 2022, Korn Chatikavanij announced that the Kla Party had formed a political alliance with the

Chart Pattana Kla Party The Chart Pattana Kla Party ( th, พรรคชาติพัฒนากล้า) is a Thai political party. In 2007 Thai general election, the chairman of the party is Wannarat Channukul. His brother-in-law, the party's "chief advisor" Suwa ...

to compete in the upcoming Thai general election in 2023. The Chart Pattana Kla Party currently has four members of parliament, while the Kla Party has none. The Chart Pattana Kla Party only received 0.70% of the votes in 2019, indicating a decline in support since 2011. Korn Chatikavanij's popularity as a prime ministerial candidate is around 2.12% in recent polls, reaching a maximum of 3.78%. The party's agenda includes the legalization of

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to stimulate the economy in Thailand. It is possible that other parties may join the alliance, considering the reduction of party-list candidates from 150 to 100 in September 2021. If fortunate, the Kla Party may win one seat in the 2023 election. Korn Chatikavanij is expected to lead the party as a prime ministerial candidate, but typically polls around 1.5% to 2.5% in popularity surveys.

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