List of political parties in Thailand

This list of political parties in Thailand names current and disbanded Thai political parties.

Political parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly and/or other local legislations

Parties not represented in parliament

• New Politics Party
• New Aspiration Party, majority merged with the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2001, minority continue to be used
• Thai Citizen Party

New political parties founded after the 2014 military coup

• <s>Future Forward Party</s> – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 21 August 2020
• Palang Pracharath Party
• Thai Civilized Party
• <s>Move Forward Party</s> – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 August 2024

Defunct parties

• Khana Ratsadon or People's Party (existed from 1927 to the 1940s) – first political party in Thailand
• Liberal Democratic Party (disbanded in 1958)
• Socialist Party of Thailand (most members joined the communists in 1976 and the party was disbanded)
• Social Justice Party
• Justice Unity Party
• Palang Dharma Party (disbanded in 1996)
• 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 1992)
• Thais United (Ruam Jai Thai; founded in 2007)
• New Force Party (disbanded in 1988)
• Thai Pen Thai Party (Thais are Free Party) (disbanded in 2016)
• Social Action Party (disbanded in 2018)
• Thai Social Democratic Party

Banned or dissolved parties

Parties dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand and barred from political activity:

• Communist Party of Thailand (existed from 1942 to the 1980s)
• Thai Rak Thai Party (Phak Thai Rak Thai) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 30 May 2007 for violating electoral laws
• People's Power Party (Phak Palang Prachachon) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws
• Thai Nation Party (Phak Chart Thai) – dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws
• Neutral Democratic Party (Phak Matchima) – founded in 2006, dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws
• Thai Raksa Chart Party (Phak Thai Raksa Chart) – founded in 2009, dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 March 2019 for violating electoral laws
• Future Forward Party (Abrv: FFP; , ) The party was dissolved on 21 February 2020 for fiscal impropriety.
• Move Forward Party (, ) – founded in 2014, dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 August 2024

See also

• Politics of Thailand
• List of political parties by country

References