General elections were held in Thailand on 27 July 1986. The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party, winning 100 of the 347 seats. Voter turnout was 61%.[1]
1986 Thai general election|
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All 347 seats in the House of Representatives 174 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout | 61.43% |
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Democrat Party | 8,477,701 | 22.52 | 100 | +44 |
| Thai Nation Party | 6,496,370 | 17.26 | 63 | –10 |
| Social Action Party | 4,560,615 | 12.12 | 51 | –41 |
| United Democrat Party | 3,814,651 | 10.13 | 38 | New |
| People Party | 2,786,105 | 7.40 | 18 | New |
| Thai Citizen Party | 2,612,717 | 6.94 | 24 | –12 |
| Community Action | 2,268,346 | 6.03 | 15 | New |
| Progress Party | 1,998,721 | 5.31 | 9 | +6 |
| Ruam Thai Party | 1,658,812 | 4.41 | 19 | New |
| National Democrat Party | 1,078,128 | 2.86 | 3 | –12 |
| Mass Party | 723,758 | 1.92 | 3 | New |
| Liberal Party | 404,960 | 1.08 | 1 | New |
| Labour Democrat Party | 246,512 | 0.65 | 1 | +1 |
| New Force Party | 232,027 | 0.62 | 1 | +1 |
| Thai People Party | 196,527 | 0.52 | 1 | –3 |
| Rak Thai | 85,241 | 0.23 | 0 | New |
Total | 37,641,191 | 100.00 | 347 | +23 |
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Valid votes | 15,506,897 | 96.49 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 564,060 | 3.51 | |
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Total votes | 16,070,957 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 26,160,100 | 61.43 | |
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Source: Nohlen et al. |