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

Political parties

Currently represented in parliament

Parties not represented in parliament

Social Action Party The Social Action Party ( th, พรรคกิจสังคม, ) was a political party in Thailand. History The Social Action Party was formed by the more liberal members of the Democrat Party in 1974 under the leadership of Kukrit Pram ...

* New Politics Party * New Aspiration Party, majority merged with the Thai Rak Thai Party in 2001, minority continued *

Puea Pandin Party Puea Pandin Party ( th, พรรคเพื่อแผ่นดิน) is a Thai political party founded on September 11, 2007, by more than 200 politicians. Its most notable members included Thaksin's former foreign minister Surakiart Sathir ...

New political parties founded after the 2014 military coup

Future Forward Party The Future Forward Party (FFP) ( th, พรรคอนาคตใหม่, , ; literally 'New Future Party') was a political party in Thailand founded in March 2018 by Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, former vice president of Thai Summit Group, ...

Palang Pracharath Party Palang Pracharath Party ( th, พรรคพลังประชารัฐ, ; ) is a Thai civil-military political party with ties to the National Council for Peace and Order, the military junta that ruled the country after the 2014 coup. It ...

Thai Civilized Party Thai Civilized Party ( th, พรรคไทยศรีวิไลย์) is a minor political party in Thailand. It was registered on 2 March 2018. Party founders include Mongkolkit Suksintharanon, secretary-general of the National Anti-Corru ...

Defunct parties

Khana Ratsadon The People's Party, known in Thai as Khana Ratsadon ( th, คณะราษฎร, ), was a Siamese group of military and civil officers, and later a political party, which staged a bloodless revolution against King Prajadhipok's government a ...

(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 The Justice Unity Party ( th, พรรคสามัคคีธรรม, ) was a Thai pro-military and conservative political party established after the military coup d'état of 1991. It was founded by Narong Wongwan, who became party chairma ...

Palang Dharma Party The Palang Dharma Party ( th, พรรคพลังธรรม, ; translated as "power of Dharma", or "moral force", PDP for short) was a Buddhist-inspired political party in Thailand founded by Chamlong Srimuang in 1988, associated with the ...

(disbanded in 1996) * Both of the following parties merged into

Thais United National Development Party The Chart Pattana Kla Party ( th, พรรคชาติพัฒนากล้า) is a Thai political party. In 2007 Thai general election, the chairman of the party is Wannarat Channukul. His brother-in-law, the party's "chief advisor" Suwa ...

(''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 The New Force Party ( th, พรรคพลังใหม่, ) is a political party in Thailand. It was founded in 1974, following the successful democratic uprising of October 1973. The New Force Party was one of the more successful left-wing ...

(disbanded in 1988) * Thai Pen Thai Party (''Thais are Free Party'') (disbanded in 2016) *

(disbanded in 2018) *

Thai Social Democratic Party The New Politics Party (abbreviated NPP; th, พรรคการเมืองใหม่ , ), was a political party in Thailand founded on 2 June 2009. The NPP was the political party of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD; "Yellow Sh ...

Banned or dissolved parties

Parties dissolved by the

Constitutional Court of Thailand The Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand ( th, ศาลรัฐธรรมนูญ, , ) is an independent Thai court created by the 1997 Constitution with jurisdiction over the constitutionality of parliamentary acts, royal d ...

and barred from political activity: *

Communist Party of Thailand The Communist Party of Thailand ( Abrv: CPT; th, พรรคคอมมิวนิสต์แห่งประเทศไทย, ) was a communist party in Thailand active from 1942 until the 1990s. Initially known as the Communist Party ...

(existed from 1942 to the 1980s) * Thai Rak Thai Party (''Phak Thai Rak Thai'') – dissolved by the

on 30 May 2007 for violating electoral laws * People's Power Party (''Phak Palang Prachachon'') – dissolved by the

on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws *

Thai Nation Party Thai Nation Party, or Chart Thai Party ( th, พรรคชาติไทย, ) was a conservative political party in Thailand. It was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, along with the People's Power Party and ...

(''Phak Chart Thai'') – dissolved by the

on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws * Neutral Democratic Party (''Phak Matchima'') – founded in 2006, dissolved by the

on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws * Thai Raksa Chart Party (''Phak Thai Raksa Chart'') – founded in 2009, dissolved by the

on 7 March 2019 for violating electoral laws *

( Abrv: FFP; th, พรรคอนาคตใหม่, ) The party was dissolved on 21 February 2020 for fiscal impropriety.

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