Thai general election, 1983

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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]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Action Party	7,103,177	26.8	92	+10
Thai Nation Party	6,315,568	23.8	73	+35
Democrat Party	4,144,414	15.6	56	+23
Thai Citizen Party	2,395,795	9.0	36	+4
National Democrat Party	2,137,780	8.1	15	New
Siam Democrat Party	839,915	3.2	18	New
Free People Party	474,402	1.8	1	New
Progress Party	338,140	1.3	3	New
Social Democratic Party	297,332	1.1	2	+2
New Force Party	195,340	0.7	0	–8
Thai People Party	180,364	0.7	0	New
Thai People Party	81,845	0.3	4	New
United Nation Party	14,866	0.1	0	New
Labour Democrat Party	1,493	0.0	0	New
Other parties	81,845	0.3	0	–
Independents	2,000,290	7.5	24	–39
Invalid/blank votes	498,127	–	–	–
Total	12,295,339	100	324	+23
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ 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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