1983 Thai general election
# 1983 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 18 April 1983. The result was a victory for the Social Action Party, which won 92 of the 324 seats. Voter turnout was 50.8%.

## Results

| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Social Action Party | 7,103,177 | 26.78 | 92 | +10 |
| | Thai Nation Party | 6,315,568 | 23.81 | 73 | +35 |
| | Democrat Party | 4,144,414 | 15.63 | 56 | +23 |
| | Thai Citizen Party | 2,395,795 | 9.03 | 36 | +4 |
| | National Democrat Party | 2,137,780 | 8.06 | 15 | New |
| | Siam Democrat Party | 839,915 | 3.17 | 18 | New |
| | Free People Party | 474,402 | 1.79 | 1 | New |
| | Progress Party | 338,140 | 1.28 | 3 | New |
| | Social Democratic Party | 297,332 | 1.12 | 2 | +2 |
| | New Force Party | 195,340 | 0.74 | 0 | –8 |
| | Thai People Party | 180,364 | 0.68 | 4 | New |
| | United Nation Party | 14,866 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
| | Labour Democrat Party | 1,493 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| | Other parties | 81,845 | 0.31 | 0 | – |
| | Independents | 2,000,290 | 7.54 | 24 | –39 |
| Total | Total | 26,520,721 | 100.00 | 324 | +23 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 11,797,212 | 95.95 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 498,127 | 4.05 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 12,295,339 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 24,224,470 | 50.76 | | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. ||||||
