1986 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 27 July 1986. The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party, winning 100 of the 347 seats. Voter turnout was 61%.^[1]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democrat Party	8,477,701	22.52	100	+44
	Thai Nation Party	6,496,370	17.26	63	–10
	Social Action Party	4,560,615	12.12	51	–41
	United Democrat Party	3,814,651	10.13	38	New
	People Party	2,786,105	7.40	18	New
	Thai Citizen Party	2,612,717	6.94	24	–12
	Community Action	2,268,346	6.03	15	New
	Progress Party	1,998,721	5.31	9	+6
	Ruam Thai Party	1,658,812	4.41	19	New
	National Democrat Party	1,078,128	2.86	3	–12
	Mass Party	723,758	1.92	3	New
	Liberal Party	404,960	1.08	1	New
	Labour Democrat Party	246,512	0.65	1	+1
	New Force Party	232,027	0.62	1	+1
	Thai People Party	196,527	0.52	1	–3
	Rak Thai	85,241	0.23	0	New
Total		37,641,191	100.00	347	+23
Valid votes		15,506,897	96.49
Invalid/blank votes		564,060	3.51
Total votes		16,070,957	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		26,160,100	61.43
Source: Nohlen et al.