Thailand: 2006 Election Results

KINGDOM OF THAILAND
LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 2 APRIL 2006
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Elections to the Sapha Poothaen Rassadorn (House of Representatives)
Source: Electoral Commission of Thailand, media websites

Parties
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* 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.

Under Thai electoral law voters may cat a "No vote" - this is counted as a
valid vote.

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION SEATS
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Registered voters         44,909,562
Total votes cast          29,088,209   64.8
Invalid votes              1,680,101   05.8
Valid votes               27,408,108   94.2
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Party                     Votes        %           Seats
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Thais Love Thais (TRT)    16,420,755   59.9        100
Others                     1,935,647   07.1          -
"No vote"                  9,051,706   33.0
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Total                     27,408,108               100
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No other party gained the 5% of valid votes required to gain proportional
representation seats.


CONSTITUENCY SEATS
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Registered voters         44,778,628 
Total votes cast          28,998,364   64.8
Invalid votes              3,778,981   13.0
Valid votes               25,219,383   87.0
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Party                     Votes        %           sEATS
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Thais Love Thais (TRT)    15,341,313   60.8        361    
Others                       267,196   01.1          -        
"No vote"                  9,610,874   38.1
Vacant                                              39    
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Total                     25,219,383               400   
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The total votes cast for TRT and for "others" are estimates based on media
websites.

SUMMARY OF SEATS
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Party                        Proprtional   Constituency    Total
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Thais Love Thais (TRT)       100           361             461    +84
Others                         -             -               -   
Vacant                         -            39              39
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Total                        100           400             500
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Of the constituency seats, TRT has won every seat except the following:

Chumphon 1 and 3
Krabi 1, 2 and 3
Nakhon Si Thammarat 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8
Narathiwat 1, 2 and 4
Nonthaburi 3 (no eligible candidate)
Pattani 1 and 2
Phang Nga 1
Phattalung 2 and 3
Phetchaburi 1
Phuket 1 and 2
Prachuap Khiri Khan 3
Satun 1
Songkhla 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8
Surat Thani 3, 4 and 6
Trang 1, 2 and 4
Yala 1 and 3