Thai general election, 1986

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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

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Democrat Party 8,477,701 22.5 100 +44
Thai Nation Party 6,496,370 17.3 63 -10
Social Action Party 4,560,615 12.1 51 -41
United Democrat Party 3,814,651 10.1 38 New
People Party 2,786,105 7.4 18 New
Thai Citizen Party 2,612,717 6.9 24 -12
Community Action 2,268,346 6.0 15 New
Progress Party 1,998,721 5.3 9 +6
United Thai Party 1,658,812 4.4 19 New
National Democrat Party 1,078,128 2.9 3 -12
Mass Party 723,758 1.9 3 New
Liberalism Party 404,960 1.1 1 New
Labour Democrat Party 246,512 0.7 1 +1
New Force Party 232,027 0.6 1 +1
Thai People Party 196,527 0.5 1 +1
Rak Thai 85,241 0.2 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 564,060 - - -
Total 16,070,957 100 347 +23
Source: Nohlen et al

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0199249598