{"iso":"TH","name":"Thailand","flag":"\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded","vote":"House of Representatives party-list vote \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2026-02-08","source":"2026 election result, official count","credit":"Shows the party-list vote from the February 2026 general election, official results as published by the Election Commission of Thailand. The vote was competitive, but Thai politics operates under courts and appointed watchdogs that dissolved the election-winning Move Forward Party in 2024, and the party-list winner was again left in opposition. The next election is due in 2030.","shares":{"PP":31.5,"BJT":18.5,"PT":15.9,"DEM":11.3,"ECON":3.2,"UTN":2.2},"polls":[],"parties":{"PP":{"name":"\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e23\u0e04\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e19 (Prachachon)","color":"#FF6F20","name_en":"People's Party"},"BJT":{"name":"\u0e20\u0e39\u0e21\u0e34\u0e43\u0e08\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 (Phumjai Thai)","color":"#082680","name_en":"Bhumjaithai"},"PT":{"name":"\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 (Phuea Thai)","color":"#E30613","name_en":"Pheu Thai"},"DEM":{"name":"\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e18\u0e34\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e15\u0e22\u0e4c (Prachathipat)","color":"#00A1F1","name_en":"Democrat Party"},"ECON":{"name":"\u0e01\u0e25\u0e49\u0e32\u0e18\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21 (Kla Tham)","color":"#7A5C2E","name_en":"Economic Party"},"UTN":{"name":"\u0e23\u0e27\u0e21\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34 (Ruam Thai Sang Chart)","color":"#201F73","name_en":"United Thai Nation"}},"primer":{"system":"Parliamentary constitutional monarchy","head_of_state":"King Maha Vajiralongkorn (Rama X)","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul","legislature":"House of Representatives, 500 members serving four-year terms, alongside an indirectly chosen Senate.","electoral_system":"400 members are elected by first-past-the-post in constituencies and 100 by party-list proportional representation. A constitutional referendum accompanied the 2026 vote.","government_now":"Anutin, prime minister since September 2025, stayed in office after February 2026 at the head of a roughly 292-seat coalition built on Bhumjaithai's 192 seats with Pheu Thai and smaller parties.","context":"The People's Party won the most party-list votes but was excluded from power, repeating the fate of its dissolved predecessor Move Forward, which won the 2023 election outright. Bhumjaithai's constituency machine delivered the largest seat haul in its history.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"PP":["\u0e1e\u0e23\u0e23\u0e04\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e19 (Prachachon)","People's Party","Progressive, reformist pro-democracy party and successor to the dissolved Move Forward; won the most party-list votes and second-most seats (120) but was shut out of power, making it the main opposition."],"BJT":["\u0e20\u0e39\u0e21\u0e34\u0e43\u0e08\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 (Phumjai Thai)","Bhumjaithai ('Thai Pride')","Conservative party built on powerful provincial vote-machines; won the most seats (192) and leads the government under PM Anutin Charnvirakul."],"PT":["\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e37\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 (Phuea Thai)","Pheu Thai ('For Thais')","Populist party of the Shinawatra family, centre to centre-left with a rural base; fell to third (74 seats) and is now a junior partner in the Bhumjaithai-led coalition."],"DEM":["\u0e1b\u0e23\u0e30\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e18\u0e34\u0e1b\u0e31\u0e15\u0e22\u0e4c (Prachathipat)","Democrat Party","Thailand's oldest party, conservative-liberal with a southern base; greatly diminished at 22 seats and outside the core governing coalition."],"ECON":["\u0e01\u0e25\u0e49\u0e32\u0e18\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21 (Kla Tham)","Kla Tham Party (shown on the page as 'Economic Party')","Conservative party of Thamanat Prompow formed from a Palang Pracharath breakaway; won 58 seats, mostly in the rural north, but was excluded from the cabinet, so it sits in opposition."],"UTN":["\u0e23\u0e27\u0e21\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22\u0e2a\u0e23\u0e49\u0e32\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e32\u0e15\u0e34 (Ruam Thai Sang Chart)","United Thai Nation","Right-wing royalist-military party of former PM Prayut Chan-o-cha; collapsed from 36 seats in 2023 to around two in 2026."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2026 election","total":500,"seats":{"BJT":192,"PP":120,"PT":74,"ECON":58,"DEM":22,"UTN":2}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2030","title":"Thai general election","chamber":"House of Representatives","type":"expected"}}
