2005 Thai general election

2005 Thai general election
Thailand
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All 500 seats in the House of Representatives
251 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.56%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Thai Rak Thai Thaksin Shinawatra 60.48 377 +129
Democrat Banyat Bantadtan 22.96 96 −32
Chart Thai Banharn Silpa-archa 6.56 25 −16
Mahachon Party Anek Laothamatas 4.29 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Parties that won a majority of the seats in each province
  •   Thai Rak Thai
  •   Democrat
  •   Chart Thai
  •   No majority
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Thaksin Shinawatra
Thai Rak Thai
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.