2005 Thai general election

2005 Thai general election
6 February 2005
All 500 seats in the House of Representatives
251 seats needed for a majority
Registered44,572,101
Turnout72.56% ( 3.13pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Thaksin Shinawatra Banyat Bantadtan
Party Thai Rak Thai Democrat
Last election 248 seats 128 seats
Seats won 377 96
Seat change 128 31
Constituency vote 16,523,344 7,401,631
% and swing 54.35% ( 18.67pp) 24.35% ( 0.19pp)
Party-list vote 18,993,073 7,210,742
% and swing 60.48% ( 20.57pp) 22.96% ( 2.90pp)
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Banharn Silpa-archa Anek Laothamatas
Party Chart Thai Mahachon
Last election 41 seats 2 seats
Seats won 25 2
Seat change 16
Constituency vote 3,119,473 2,223,399
% and swing 10.26% ( 2.01pp) 7.31% (4.17pp)
Party-list vote 2,061,559 1,346,631
% and swing 6.56% ( 1.33pp) 4.29% (3.05pp)
Parties that won a majority of the seats in each province
  •   Thai Rak Thai
  •   Democrat
  •   Chart Thai
  •   No majority
Prime Minister before election

Thaksin Shinawatra
Thai Rak Thai

Prime Minister-designate

Thaksin Shinawatra
Thai Rak Thai

General elections were held in Thailand on 6 February 2005. The result was a landslide victory for the Thai Rak Thai party of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, which won 377 of the 500 seats in the House of Representatives, with its former coalition partner, the Chart Thai Party taking 25 seats. The opposition Democrat Party of Thailand won only 96 seats and the newly formed Mahachon Party took two seats.

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