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1986 Thai general election

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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 Vote % 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

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]

Results

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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

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