List of political parties in Thailand
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This article lists political parties in Thailand.
Thailand
has a multi-party system
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Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
has a multi-party system
Multi-party system
A multi-party system is a system in which multiple political parties have the capacity to gain control of government separately or in coalition, e.g.The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition in the United Kingdom formed in 2010. The effective number of parties in a multi-party system is normally...
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In coalition government
- Pheu Thai Party (For Thais Party; occupies 265 out of 500 seats in the House of Representatives of ThailandHouse of Representatives of ThailandThe House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand is the lower house of the National Assembly of Thailand, the legislative branch of the Thai Government. The system of government of Thailand is that of a Constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Democracy. The system of the Thai...
) - Chartthaipattana Party (Thai Nation Development Party; 19 seats)
- Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party (National Development Party for the Homeland; merger of Ruam Chat Pattana Party and Puea Pandin Party; 7 seats)
- Phalang Chon PartyPhalang Chon PartyThe Phalang Chon Party is a political party in Thailand. It was founded in 2011. The party's key figure is its "chief adviser" Sontaya Kunplome, former minister of tourism under Thaksin Shinawatra, who left the Bhumjaithai Party in 2011 to found the Phalang Chon Party. Formally, the party is...
(7 seats) - Mahachon PartyMahachon PartyThe Mahachon Party is a political party in Thailand.It was founded in 1998 under the name of Phak Ratsadon or Citizen's Party. In its first years, it was dominated by a circle of former Thai Nation Party members around Air Marshal Somboon Rahong...
(Great People's Party; 1 seat) - New Democracy Party (1 seat)
In opposition
- Democrat PartyDemocrat Party (Thailand)The Democrat Party is Thailand's oldest political party and was the main coalition government party of the 23rd House of Representatives of Thailand. The Democrat Party's current leader is Abhisit Vejjajiva, incumbent opposition leader and former Prime Minister. The party upholds a conservative...
(occupies 159 out of 500 seats in the House of Representatives of ThailandHouse of Representatives of ThailandThe House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand is the lower house of the National Assembly of Thailand, the legislative branch of the Thai Government. The system of government of Thailand is that of a Constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Democracy. The system of the Thai...
) - Bhumjaithai Party (Proud Thais Party; 34 seats)
- Rak Thailand PartyRak Thailand PartyThe Rak Thailand Party is a political party in Thailand. It was founded in 2011, by Chuwit Kamolvisit, a major massage parlor owner. In campaign for the 2011 general election, the party was noted for its anti-corruption and protest canvass, presenting leader Chuwit as the "Angry Man"...
(Love Thailand Party, 4 seats) - Matubhum PartyMatubhum PartyThe Matubhum Party is a minor political party in Thailand, founded in November 2008. It mainly represents the interests of the Muslim minority in Thailands Southern provinces...
(Motherland Party; 2 seats) - Rak Santi Party (1 seat)
Parties not represented in parliament
- Social Action PartySocial Action Party- History :The Social Action Party was formed by the more liberal members of the Democrat Party in 1974 under the leadership of Kukrit Pramoj. After Kukrit resigned the office of the party leader in December 1985, the former minister of foreign affairs and deputy party leader, Siddhi Savetsila, led...
- Pracharaj Party (Royalist People's Party)
- New Politics PartyNew Politics PartyThe New Politics Party or NPP is a political party in Thailand which was founded on June 2, 2009. It is the political party of the People's Alliance for Democracy , with which it shares the same principles and ideas...
- Thai Pen Thai Party (Thais are Free Party)
Defunct parties
- Khana RatsadonKhana RatsadonKhana Ratsadon , frequently mistakenly written as Khana Rat , was a Siamese group of military and civil officers, and later a political party, which staged a bloodless coup against King Prajadhipok and transited the country's absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy on 24 June 1932.-The...
(existed from 1927 to the 1940s) – first political party in Thailand - Socialist Party of ThailandSocialist Party of ThailandThe Socialist Party of Thailand was political party in Thailand, active in the 1970s. SPT was led by its general secretary Boonsanong Punyodyana.SPT won 15 out of 269 seats in the 1975 parliamentary elections....
(most members defected to the Communists in 1976. Thus the party was disbanded) - Phalang Dharma PartyPhalang Dharma PartyThe Phalang Dharma Party is a Thai political party founded by Chamlong Srimuang and supporters of the Santi Asoke sect of Buddhism in 1988.After 1992, it was led by business tycoon Boonchu Rojanastien and then future Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The party was known for its staunch opposition...
(collapsed in 1996) - Liberal Democratic Party – merged into Thai Rak Thai in 1998
- New Aspiration PartyNew Aspiration PartyThe New Aspiration Party was a political party in Thailand. In the legislative elections, on February 6, 2005, the party won 0.4 % of the popular vote and no seats in the House of Representatives....
merged with the Thai Rak ThaiThai Rak ThaiThe Thai Rak Thai Party was a Thai political party that was officially banned on May 30, 2007, by the Constitutional Court of Thailand due to violations of electoral laws during the 2006 legislative elections. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under Prime Minister and its founder Thaksin...
party after the 2001 parliamentary election - Both of the following parties merged into Thais United National Development PartyThais United National Development PartyThe Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party is a Thai political party. It is the official continuation of the Ruam Chart Pattana Party, and was formed in 2011 by the merger of this party with the Puea Pandin Party. The leader of the party is Wannarat Channukul...
(Phak Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana) in 2007:- National Development PartyNational Development Party (Thailand)The National Development Party is a Thai political party. In September 2007, it was announced that it merged with Thais United to form a joint party provisionally known as Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana....
(Phak Chat Pattana; founded in 2007) - Thais UnitedThais UnitedThais United was a political party in Thailand founded on 26 June 2007. Its members included many well-known politicians, among them former deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak , former Democrat Party secretary-general Pradit Pattaraprasit, former Bangkok governor Bhichit Rattakul, former...
(Ruam Jai Thai; founded in 2007)
- National Development Party
- For the Motherland Party (Phak Pua Paendin; merged into the Chart Pattana Puea Pandin Party in 2011)
Banned parties
Parties dissolved by the Constitutional Court and barred from political activity:- Communist Party of ThailandCommunist Party of ThailandThe Communist Party of Thailand - CPT was a Marxist-Leninist, Communist political party in Thailand, active from 1942 until the 1990s. Initially known as Communist Party of Siam the party was founded officially on the 1st of December 1942, although communist activism in the country began as early...
(existed from 1942 to the 1980s) - Thai Rak Thai Party (Phak Thai Rak Thai) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of ThailandConstitutional Court of ThailandThe Constitutional Court of Thailand is an independent Thai court originally established under the 1997 Constitution with jurisdiction over the constitutionality of parliamentary acts, royal decrees, draft legislation, as well as the appointment and removal of public officials and issues regarding...
on May 30, 2007 for violating electoral laws - People's Power PartyPeople's Power Party (Thailand)The People's Power Party was a Thai political party founded on November 9, 1998 by Police Lieutenant Colonel Garn Tienkaew. The party leader was Somchai Wongsawat, the Party Secretary General was Surapong Suebwonglee, and the Party Spokesperson was Kuthep Saikrajarng...
(Phak Palang Prachachon) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of ThailandConstitutional Court of ThailandThe Constitutional Court of Thailand is an independent Thai court originally established under the 1997 Constitution with jurisdiction over the constitutionality of parliamentary acts, royal decrees, draft legislation, as well as the appointment and removal of public officials and issues regarding...
on December 2, 2008, for violating electoral laws - Thai Nation Party (Phak Chart Thai) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of ThailandConstitutional Court of ThailandThe Constitutional Court of Thailand is an independent Thai court originally established under the 1997 Constitution with jurisdiction over the constitutionality of parliamentary acts, royal decrees, draft legislation, as well as the appointment and removal of public officials and issues regarding...
on December 2, 2008, for violating electoral laws - Neutral Democratic PartyNeutral Democratic PartyThe Neutral Democratic Party was a Thai political party founded in 2006 by Somsak Thepsuthin, a former Thai Rak Thai party Cabinet Minister...
(Phak Matchima) – founded in 2006, dissolved by the Constitutional Court of ThailandConstitutional Court of ThailandThe Constitutional Court of Thailand is an independent Thai court originally established under the 1997 Constitution with jurisdiction over the constitutionality of parliamentary acts, royal decrees, draft legislation, as well as the appointment and removal of public officials and issues regarding...
on December 2, 2008, for violating electoral laws
See also
- Politics of ThailandPolitics of ThailandThe politics of Thailand are currently conducted within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government and a hereditary monarch is head of state. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislative branches.Thai kingdoms and late...
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