1983 Thai general election

1983 Thai general election

18 April 1983
All 324 seats in the House of Representatives 163 seats needed for a majority
Registered	24,224,470
Turnout	50.76%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kukrit Pramoj Pramarn Adireksarn Bhichai Rattakul Party Social Action Chart Thai Democrat Last election 82 38 33 Seats Seats won 92 73 56 Seat change 10 35 23 Popular vote 7,103,177 6,315,568 4,144,414 Percentage 26.78% 23.81% 15.63%
Prime Minister before election Prem Tinsulanonda Military Elected Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda Military

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%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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.