1986 Thai general election

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1986 Thai general election

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All 347 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party
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Leader Bhichai Rattakul Pramarn Adireksarn
Party Democrat Chart Thai
Last election 56 73
Seats won 100 63
Seat change Increase44 Decrease10
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

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]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democrat Party8,477,70122.52100+44
Thai Nation Party6,496,37017.2663–10
Social Action Party4,560,61512.1251–41
3,814,65110.1338New
2,786,1057.4018New
Thai Citizen Party2,612,7176.9424–12
2,268,3466.0315New
Progress Party1,998,7215.319+6
1,658,8124.4119New
1,078,1282.863–12
Mass Party723,7581.923New
Liberal Party404,9601.081New
246,5120.651+1
New Force Party232,0270.621+1
196,5270.521–3
85,2410.230New
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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