Thai Rak Thai Party
Later, Surapong moved to join the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2006. After the 2006 coup d'état the Thai Rak Thai Party was dissolved and he and most of the former Thai Rak Thai Party members joined the People's Power Party. He was elected as MP for Chiang Mai Province again in the 2007 general election on behalf of the People's Power Party under the leadership of Samak Sundaravej.