1983 Thai general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Pichet Chuamuangphan (PTP) Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut (PP)
Kriangkrai Srirak
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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
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Social Action Party | 7,103,177 | 26.78 | 92 | +10 | |
| Thai Nation Party | 6,315,568 | 23.81 | 73 | +35 | |
| Democrat Party | 4,144,414 | 15.63 | 56 | +23 | |
| Thai Citizen Party | 2,395,795 | 9.03 | 36 | +4 | |
| National Democrat Party | 2,137,780 | 8.06 | 15 | New | |
| Siam Democrat Party | 839,915 | 3.17 | 18 | New | |
| Free People Party | 474,402 | 1.79 | 1 | New | |
| Progress Party | 338,140 | 1.28 | 3 | New | |
| Social Democratic Party | 297,332 | 1.12 | 2 | +2 | |
| New Force Party | 195,340 | 0.74 | 0 | –8 | |
| Thai People Party | 180,364 | 0.68 | 4 | New | |
| United Nation Party | 14,866 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Labour Democrat Party | 1,493 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Other parties | 81,845 | 0.31 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 2,000,290 | 7.54 | 24 | –39 | |
| Total | 26,520,721 | 100.00 | 324 | +23 | |
| Valid votes | 11,797,212 | 95.95 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 498,127 | 4.05 | |||
| Total votes | 12,295,339 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 24,224,470 | 50.76 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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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