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1983 Thai general election

Field	Value
country	Thailand
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1979 Thai general election
previous_year	1979
next_election	1986 Thai general election
next_year	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% ( 6.86pp)
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leader1	Kukrit Pramoj
party1	Social Action Party
last_election1	21.26%, 82 seats
seats1	92
seat_change1	10
popular_vote1	7,103,177
percentage1	26.78%
swing1	5.52pp
image2	{{CSS image crop	Image = พลตำรวจเอกประมาณ อดิเรกสาร ในปี 2515.png
bSize	180	cWidth = 120	cHeight = 160	oTop = 15	oLeft = 30}}
leader2	Pramarn Adireksarn
party2	Thai Nation Party
last_election2	11.26%, 38 seats
seats2	73
seat_change2	35
popular_vote2	6,315,568
percentage2	23.81%
swing2	12.55pp
leader3	Bhichai Rattakul
image3	{{CSS image crop	Image = Bhichai Rattakul 2010-04-01.jpg
bSize	210	cWidth = 120	cHeight = 160	oTop = 40	oLeft = 40}}
party3	Democrat Party (Thailand)
last_election3	14.57%, 33 seats
seats3	56
seat_change3	23
popular_vote3	4,144,414
percentage3	15.63%
swing3	1.06pp
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leader4	Samak Sundaravej
party4	Thai Citizen Party
last_election4	2.69%, 32 seats
seats4	36
seat_change4	4
popular_vote4	2,395,795
percentage4	9.03%
swing4	6.34pp
image5
leader5	Phon Rungprasitwit
party5	Siam Democrat Party
colour5	cd5c5c
last_election5	–
seats5	18
seat_change5	New
popular_vote5	839,915
percentage5	3.17%
swing5	New
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bSize	180	cWidth = 120	cHeight = 160	oTop = 20	oLeft = 30}}
leader6	Kriangsak Chamanan
party6	National Democrat Party (Thailand)
last_election6	–
seats6	15
seat_change6	New
popular_vote6	2,137,780
percentage6	8.06%
swing6	New
title	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 Social Action Party emerged as the largest party, winning 92 of the 324 seats. Voter turnout was 51%.

Results

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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