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 21.26%, 82 seats 11.26%, 38 seats 14.57%, 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%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Samak Sundaravej Kriangsak Chamanan Party Thai Citizen United Democrat Last election 2.69%, 32 seats – Seats won 36 15 Seat change 4 New Popular vote 2,395,795 2,137,780 Percentage 9.03% 8.06%
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.