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% (Increase2.svg 6.86pp)
PartyLeaderVote %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
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent

General elections were held in Thailand on 18 April 1983. The Social Action Party emerged as the largest party, winning 92 of the 324 seats. Voter turnout was 51%. [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.

References

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