1986 Thai general election

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% ( 10.67pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Bhichai Rattakul Chatichai Choonhavan 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 44 10 41
Popular vote 8,477,701 6,495,370 4,560,650
Percentage 22.52% 17.26% 12.12%
Swing 6.89pp 6.55pp 14.66pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
RTP
Leader Kriangsak Chamanan Samak Sundaravej Narong Wongwan
Party National Democrat Thai Citizen Ruam Thai
Last election 8.06%, 15 seats 9.03%, 36 seats
Seats won 38 24 19
Seat change 23 12 New
Popular vote 3,814,651 2,395,795 1,658,812
Percentage 10.13% 6.94% 4.41%
Swing 2.07pp 2.09pp New

  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Boonchu Rojanastien Uthai Pimchaichon
Party Community Action Progress
Last election 1.28%, 3 seats
Seats won 15 9
Seat change New 6
Popular vote 2,268,346 1,998,721
Percentage 6.03% 5.31%
Swing New 4.03pp

Prime Minister before election

Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

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

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