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1983 Thai general election

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1983 Thai general election
Thailand
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All 324 seats in the House of Representatives
163 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.76%
Party Leader Vote % 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
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime 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

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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

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