1983 Thai general election

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]

1983 Thai general election
Thailand
18 April 1983

All 324 seats in the House of Representatives
163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.76%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 26.78 92 +10
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 23.81 73 +35
Democrat Bhichai Rattakul 15.63 56 +23
Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 9.03 36 +4
National Democrat Kriangsak Chamanan 8.06 15 New
Siam Democrat 3.17 18 New
Free People Party 1.79 1 New
Progress Uthai Pimjaichon 1.28 3 New
Social Democratic Suthep Sutchakhun 1.12 2 +2
Thai People 0.68 4 New
Independents 7.54 24 -39
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Action Party7,103,17726.7892+10
Thai Nation Party6,315,56823.8173+35
Democrat Party4,144,41415.6356+23
Thai Citizen Party2,395,7959.0336+4
National Democrat Party2,137,7808.0615New
Siam Democrat Party839,9153.1718New
Free People Party474,4021.791New
Progress Party338,1401.283New
Social Democratic Party297,3321.122+2
New Force Party195,3400.740–8
Thai People Party180,3640.684New
United Nation Party14,8660.060New
Labour Democrat Party1,4930.010New
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
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