1986 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 27 July 1986. The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 100 of the 347 seats. Voter turnout was 61.4%.[1]

1986 Thai general election
Thailand
← 1983 27 July 1986 1988 →

All 347 seats in the House of Representatives
174 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.43%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Democrat Bhichai Rattakul 22.52 100 +44
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 17.26 63 −10
Social Action Siddhi Savetsila 12.12 51 −41
United Democrat Kriangsak Chamanan 10.13 38 New
People 7.40 18 New
Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 6.94 24 −12
Community Action 6.03 15 New
Progress Uthai Pimjaichon 5.31 9 +6
Ruam Thai Narong Wongwan 4.41 19 New
National Democrat 2.86 3 −12
Mass Party 1.92 3 New
Liberal Narong Kittikachorn 1.08 1 New
Labour Democrat 0.65 1 +1
New Force Party Krasae Chanawongse 0.62 1 +1
Thai People 0.52 1 −3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democrat Party8,477,70122.52100+44
Thai Nation Party6,496,37017.2663–10
Social Action Party4,560,61512.1251–41
United Democrat Party3,814,65110.1338New
People Party2,786,1057.4018New
Thai Citizen Party2,612,7176.9424–12
Community Action2,268,3466.0315New
Progress Party1,998,7215.319+6
Ruam Thai Party1,658,8124.4119New
National Democrat Party1,078,1282.863–12
Mass Party723,7581.923New
Liberal Party404,9601.081New
Labour Democrat Party246,5120.651+1
New Force Party232,0270.621+1
Thai People Party196,5270.521–3
Rak Thai85,2410.230New
Total37,641,191100.00347+23
Valid votes15,506,89796.49
Invalid/blank votes564,0603.51
Total votes16,070,957100.00
Registered voters/turnout26,160,10061.43
Source: Nohlen et al.

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8