The 2025 Thai Provincial Administrative Organization (PAO) election was a local election held in Thailand on 1 February 2025 to elect 47 of 76 chief executives and 2,316 council members of the PAO in 76 provinces. The Pheu Thai party's directly endorsed and affiliated candidates won the most chief executive seats.
This is the fifth PAO election, excluding by-elections for chief executives, since the amendment of the PAO Act (third edition) in 2003 to allow direct elections for PAO chief executives. Prior to the amendment, chief executives were chosen by council members.
Many chief executive candidates were incumbents. Out of the 76 provinces, 12 chief executives have held the position for over 20 years.
In the 47 provinces where PAO chief executive elections were held, unofficial results as of 23:00 local time were:
The ruling Pheu Thai Party led in unofficial results. The People's Party claimed its first victory in a provincial-level election, with the election of Weeradej Phupisit as PAO chief executive of Lamphun province. Weeradej defeated former PAO chief executive and cabinet minister Anusorn Wongwan. Neither of the People's Party's progressive predecessors (Future Forward Party and Move Forward Party) won a PAO leadership election. The Election Commission (EC) expects a 65% voter turnout, out of 47,178,655 eligible voters. In Chiang Mai, turnout likely exceeded 75%, attributed to the intense competition between the Pheu Thai Party and opposition People's Party.