1986 Thai general election

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]

1986 Thai general election

27 July 1986
All 347 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
Leader Bhichai Rattakul Pramarn Adireksarn Party Democrat Chart Thai Last election 56 73 Seats won 100 63 Seat change 44 10 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

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
Liberal 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
Total	37,641,191	100	347	+23
Valid votes	15,506,897	96.5
Invalid/blank votes	564,060	3.5
Total	16,070,957	100
Registered voters/turnout	26,160,100	61.4
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