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)
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