1986 Thai General Election
27 July 1986 · The Prem years · 347 seats, 174 for a majority
Democrat Party finished first with 100 of 347 seats on 22.5% of the vote. Turnout 61.4%. Prem Tinsulanonda stayed in office.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1978–1989). Conflicts →
Prime Minister before
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent
Prime Minister (continued)
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent
Largest force
Democrat Party
100 of 347 seats
Turnout
61.4%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat Party | — | 100 | +44 | 8,477,701 | 22.5% | — | |
| Thai Nation Party | — | 63 | -10 | 6,496,370 | 17.3% | — | |
| Social Action Party | — | 51 | -41 | 4,560,615 | 12.1% | — | |
| United Democrat Party | — | 38 | — | 3,814,651 | 10.1% | — | |
| People Party | — | 18 | — | 2,786,105 | 7.4% | — | |
| Thai Citizen Party | — | 24 | -12 | 2,612,717 | 6.9% | — | |
| Community Action | — | 15 | — | 2,268,346 | 6.0% | — | |
| Progress Party | — | 9 | +6 | 1,998,721 | 5.3% | — | |
| Ruam Thai Party | — | 19 | — | 1,658,812 | 4.4% | — | |
| National Democrat Party | — | 3 | -12 | 1,078,128 | 2.9% | — | |
| Mass Party | — | 3 | — | 723,758 | 1.9% | — | |
| Liberal Party | — | 1 | — | 404,960 | 1.1% | — | |
| Labour Democrat Party | — | 1 | +1 | 246,512 | 0.7% | — | |
| New Force Party | — | 1 | +1 | 232,027 | 0.6% | — | |
| Thai People Party | — | 1 | -3 | 196,527 | 0.5% | — | |
| Rak Thai | — | 0 | — | 85,241 | 0.2% | — |