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

27 July 1986

All 347 seats in the House of Representatives
174 seats needed for a majority
Registered26,160,100
Turnout61.43%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bhichai Rattakul Pramarn Adireksarn Siddhi Savetsila
Party Democrat Chart Thai Social Action
Last election 15.63%, 56 seats 23.81%, 73 seats 26.78%, 92 seats
Seats won 100 63 51
Seat change Increase44 Decrease10 Decrease41
Popular vote 8,477,701 6,495,370 4,560,650
Percentage 22.52% 17.26% 12.12%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kriangsak Chamanan Samak Sundaravej Narong Wongwan
Party United Democrat Thai Citizen Ruam Thai
Last election 8.06%, 15 seats 9.03%, 36 seats
Seats won 38 24 19
Seat change Increase23 Decrease 12 New
Popular vote 3,814,651 2,395,795 1,658,812
Percentage 10.13% 6.94% 4.41%

Prime Minister before election

Prem Tinsulanonda
Military

Elected Prime Minister

Prem Tinsulanonda
Military

Results

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

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