1983 Thai general election

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1983 Thai general election
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  1979 18 April 1983 1986  

All 324 seats in the House of Representatives
163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.76%
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 26.7892+10
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 23.8173+35
Democrat Bhichai Rattakul 15.6356+23
Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 9.0336+4
National Democrat Kriangsak Chamanan 8.0615New
Siam Democrat 3.1718New
Free People Party 1.791New
Progress Uthai Pimjaichon 1.283New
Social Democratic Suthep Sutchakhun 1.122+2
Thai People 0.684New
Independents 7.5424-39
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent

General elections were held in Thailand on 18 April 1983. The result was a victory for the Social Action Party, which won 92 of the 324 seats. Voter turnout was 50.8%. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Action Party 7,103,17726.7892+10
Thai Nation Party 6,315,56823.8173+35
Democrat Party 4,144,41415.6356+23
Thai Citizen Party 2,395,7959.0336+4
National Democrat Party 2,137,7808.0615New
Siam Democrat Party 839,9153.1718New
Free People Party 474,4021.791New
Progress Party 338,1401.283New
Social Democratic Party 297,3321.122+2
New Force Party 195,3400.740–8
Thai People Party 180,3640.684New
United Nation Party14,8660.060New
Labour Democrat Party 1,4930.010New
Other parties81,8450.310
Independents2,000,2907.5424–39
Total26,520,721100.00324+23
Valid votes11,797,21295.95
Invalid/blank votes498,1274.05
Total votes12,295,339100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,224,47050.76
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p285 ISBN   0-19-924959-8