Country: | Thailand |
Previous Election: | 1979 |
Next Election: | 1986 |
Seats For Election: | All 324 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 163 |
Election Date: | 18 April 1983 |
Registered: | 24,224,470 |
Turnout: | 50.76% |
Party1: | Social Action Party |
Percentage1: | 26.78 |
Seats1: | 92 |
Last Election1: | 82 |
Party2: | Thai Nation Party |
Percentage2: | 23.81 |
Seats2: | 73 |
Last Election2: | 38 |
Party3: | Democrat Party (Thailand) |
Percentage3: | 15.63 |
Seats3: | 56 |
Last Election3: | 33 |
Party4: | Thai Citizen Party |
Percentage4: | 9.03 |
Seats4: | 36 |
Last Election4: | 32 |
Party5: | National Democrat Party (Thailand) |
Percentage5: | 8.06 |
Seats5: | 15 |
Last Election5: | New |
Party6: | Siam Democrat Party |
Percentage6: | 3.17 |
Seats6: | 18 |
Last Election6: | New |
Party7: | Free People Party |
Percentage7: | 1.79 |
Seats7: | 1 |
Last Election7: | New |
Party8: | Progress Party (Thailand, 1983) |
Percentage8: | 1.28 |
Seats8: | 3 |
Last Election8: | New |
Party9: | Social Democratic Party (Thailand) |
Percentage9: | 1.12 |
Seats9: | 2 |
Last Election9: | 0 |
Party10: | Thai People Party |
Percentage10: | 0.68 |
Seats10: | 4 |
Last Election10: | New |
Party11: | Independents |
Leader11: | – |
Percentage11: | 7.54 |
Seats11: | 24 |
Last Election11: | 63 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Prem Tinsulanonda |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Prem Tinsulanonda |
After Party: | Independent politician |
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]