List of political parties in Thailand
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This article lists political parties in Thailand. Thailand had a multi-party system of government prior to the 2014 coup d'état.
Status of political parties before 2014
In coalition government
- Pheu Thai Party (For Thais Party; occupies 265 out of 500 seats in the House of Representatives of Thailand)
- 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 Party (7 seats)
- Mahachon Party (Great People's Party; 1 seat)
- New Democracy Party (1 seat)
In opposition
- Democrat Party (occupies 159 out of 500 seats in the House of Representatives of Thailand)
- Bhumjaithai Party (Proud Thais Party; 34 seats)
- Rak Thailand Party (Love Thailand Party, 4 seats)
- Matubhum Party (Motherland Party; 2 seats)
- Rak Santi Party (1 seat)
Parties not represented in parliament
- Social Action Party
- Pracharaj Party (Royalist People's Party)
- New Politics Party
- Thai Pen Thai Party (Thais are Free Party)
- New Aspiration Party, majority merged with the Thai Rak Thai party in 2001, minority continued
- New Force Party
Defunct parties
- Khana Ratsadon (existed from 1927 to the 1940s) – first political party in Thailand
- Socialist Party of Thailand (most members defected to the Communists in 1976. Thus the party was disbanded)
- Palang Dharma Party (collapsed in 1996)
- Liberal Democratic Party – merged into Thai Rak Thai in 1998
- Both of the following parties merged into Thais United National Development Party (Phak Ruam Jai Thai Chat Pattana) in 2007:
- National Development Party (Phak Chat Pattana; founded in 2007)
- Thais United (Ruam Jai Thai; founded in 2007)
- 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 Thailand (existed from 1942 to the 1980s)
- Thai Rak Thai Party (Phak Thai Rak Thai) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on May 30, 2007 for violating electoral laws
- People's Power Party (Phak Palang Prachachon) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, for violating electoral laws
- Thai Nation Party (Phak Chart Thai) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, for violating electoral laws
- Neutral Democratic Party (Phak Matchima) – founded in 2006, dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, for violating electoral laws
See also
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