Thailand: 2005 Election Results

KINGDOM OF THAILAND
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 6 FEBRUARY 2005
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Elections to the Sapha Poothaen Rassadorn (House of Representatives)
Source: Electoral Commission of Thailand
(c/o Adam Carr)
Parties
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* PCT - Pak Chart Thai (Thai Nation Party)
* PM – Pak Mahachon (Great People Party)
* PP - Pak Prachatipat (Democratic Party)
* TRT - Thai Rak Thai (Thais Love Thais)

The House of Representatives consists of 400 members elected from single-
member constituencies and 100 elected by nationwide proportional
representation.

Eligible voters:          44,572,101
Votes cast:               32,341,330  72.6
Invalid votes:             1,293,107  04.0
Valid votes:              31,048,223  96.0

(These figures are from the Election Commission website)

NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Party                     Votes        %   Change    Seats
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Democratic Party (PP)      4,018,286  16.1 (-10.5)     70     26     96    -32
Great People Party (PM)    1,460,095  05.9              2      -      2
Thai Nation Party (PCT)    4,041,232  16.2 (+10.9)     18      7     25    -10
Thais Love Thais (TRT)    14,077,711  56.4 (+15.8)    310     67    377   +129
Others                     1,350,013  05.4              -      -      -    -87
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Total                     24,947,337                  400    100    500
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The vote totals for each party are those given at the Election Commission
website. I do not believe they are accurate, because the Thai Nation Party
could not have won 16.2% of the vote and won only seven proportional seats.
The sharp increase in the TNP vote shown by these figures was not reported in
any media I have seen. My suspicion is that the "4" at the beginning of the
TNP vote total is a misprint for a "1" or a "2". Until I locate constituency
figures I cannot resolve this.

Angus Reid Consultants give the following party vote totals: Thai Love Thais
60.47%, Democrat Party 18.08%, Thai Nation Party 11.37%, Great People Party
8.26%, but give no source for these figures.

A Thai website (http://www.manager.co.th) gives the following figures for the
proportional representation vote:

Party                                  Votes        %
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Democratic Party (PP)                   7,066,000   23.2
Thai Nation Party (PCT)                 2,039,000   06.7
Great People Party (PM)                 1,152,308   03.8
Thais Love Thais (TRT)                 18,896,000   62.2
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Total                                  30,389,764
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This may be a more accurate reflection of the national vote.

Constituency Breakdown