Political Parties and Elections
| Party | Constituency | Proportional | TOTAL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||
| People's Power Party | 26,293,456 | 36.63 | 199 | 14,071,799 | 39.60 | 34 | 233 |
| Democrat Party | 21,745,696 | 30.30 | 132 | 14,084,265 | 39.63 | 33 | 165 |
| Thai Nation Party | 6,363,475 | 8.87 | 33 | 1,545,282 | 4.35 | 4 | 37 |
| For the Motherland | 6,599,422 | 9.19 | 17 | 1,981,021 | 5.57 | 7 | 24 |
| Thais United National Development Party | 3,395,197 | 4.73 | 8 | 948,544 | 2.67 | 1 | 9 |
| Neutral Democratic Party | 3,844,673 | 5.36 | 7 | 528,464 | 1.49 | 0 | 7 |
| Royalist People's Party | 1,632,795 | 2.27 | 4 | 750,158 | 2.11 | 1 | 5 |
| Others | 1,897,953 | 2.64 | — | 1,626,234 | 4.58 | — | 0 |
| Valid votes | 71,772,667* | 100 | 400 | 35,535,767 | 100 | 80 | 480 |
| No Votes | 906,216 | 2.32 | |||||
| Invalid Votes | 2,539,429 | 6.51 | |||||
| Total Turnout | 38,981,412 | 85.38 | |||||
| Source: The Nation * As constituencies elect between one and three MPs, some people have two or three votes. |
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