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

↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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