Drag Queen TikTok Influencer in Thailand to Run as MP Candidate

Drag queen TikTok influencer Jury Numkaew has increased her interest in Thailand’s May election by running as an MP candidate for the Chartpattanakla Party in Songkhla. Jury is best known on TikTok as Auntie Jury, is running in the Hat Yai district.

Following the Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) and Bhumjaithai Party’s victory over their Democrat Party rivals in 2019, many parties are vying for House seats in Songkhla’s constituencies this year.

Songkhla has been divided into nine constituencies for the next election on May 14, and while it has been dominating the headlines due to close races between the major parties, many eyes are now on the Chartpattanakla Party candidate for Constituency 2, .

Jury who has over a million followers on TikTok and intends to improve people’s living conditions in the area through e-commerce projects. She dresses up as an aunt in his TikTok videos, where he anchors his own news broadcasts in a distinctive southern Thai dialect. She also runs an internet product company.

The TikTok Star Studied Law

Some parties are said to have offered Jury 50 million baht to run under their banner, but she says he will only work with parties that share his values, particularly a focus on improving local economies, healing the wounds of past conflicts, and eradicating vote-buying and nepotism in the region’s politics.

Jury stated that being a Songkhla MP candidate was a childhood dream that may soon come true. She studied law at university and pursued her political interests by supporting the Palang Chon Party, among others.

Jury entered the civil service after graduating and subsequently worked as a news anchor for nearly five years. Following that experience, she extended his knowledge and skills to internet media, content development, and sales.

Her technique is to canvass political campaigns online for 60-70% of the time and then spend the remaining 30-40% of his time engaging in face-to-face interactions with locals.

Jury has also encouraged small-scale business operators in Hat Yai, such as Kim Yong and Otop markets, to sell at least half of their products online, so that every seller can earn money despite the limited number of tourists visiting each market.

“The party has received positive feedback from the villagers while we’ve been canvassing,” she said.

“We have no idea how many votes we will receive, but it will undoubtedly be a phenomenon.” According to polls, we are more popular than our competitors.

“This election will undoubtedly be heated. “I was even accused of vote-buying, which I have already stated on social media that I have nothing to do with,” she claimed. Jury’s Facebook page has around 800,000 followers, 100,000 of them are Hat Yai residents.

In a local survey, the party received 63% of the vote. The fact that Korn Chatikavanij is the party’s head contributes to the increase in popularity. “I just hope to effectively represent villagers’ interests and drive a more modern type of politics that leads to the area’s growth,” she said.