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 to the House of Representatives of Thailand
  First party Second party
 
Leader Bhichai Rattakul Pramarn Adireksarn
Party Democrat Chart Thai
Last election 56 73
Seats won 100 63
Seat change 44 10
Popular vote 8,477,701 6,495,370
Percentage 22.5% 17.3%

Prime Minister before election

Prem Tinsulanonda
Military

Elected Prime Minister

Prem Tinsulanonda
Military

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party8,477,70122.5100+44
Thai Nation Party6,496,37017.363–10
Social Action Party4,560,61512.151–41
United Democrat Party3,814,65110.138New
People Party2,786,1057.418New
Thai Citizen Party2,612,7176.924–12
Community Action2,268,3466.015New
Progress Party1,998,7215.39+6
United Thai Party1,658,8124.419New
National Democrat Party1,078,1282.93–12
Mass Party723,7581.93New
Liberal Party404,9601.11New
Labour Democrat Party246,5120.71+1
New Force Party232,0270.61+1
Thai People Party196,5270.51+1
Rak Thai85,2410.20New
Total37,641,191100347+23
Valid votes15,506,89796.5
Invalid/blank votes564,0603.5
Total16,070,957100
Registered voters/turnout26,160,10061.4
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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