The Chartthaipattana Party (CTPP; ) is a conservative Thai political party. It was founded on 18 April 2008 in anticipation of the 2 December 2008

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ruling which dissolved the

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and banned its executive members from participating in politics for five years beginning on that date. Numerous former members of the

joined the Chartthaipattana Party, therefore, the party is considered its ''de facto'' successor. The party has a strong base in

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. The first party's leader was

Chumpol Silpa-archa Chumpol Silpa-archa (, , ; 6 June 1940 – 21 January 2013) was a Thai politician who served in the government of Thailand as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2008 to 2013; he was also Deputy Prime Minister from 2011 to 2013. Beginning in Ja ...

, the younger brother of former Prime Minister

Banharn Silpa-archa Banharn Silpa-archa (, , ; , '' mǎdéxiáng''; 19 August 1932 – 23 April 2016) was a Thai politician who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996. Banharn made a fortune in the construction business before he became a Memb ...

, who has been banned from politics by the Constitutional Court. On 15 December 2008, the party joined the Democrat Party, forming a six-party coalition government under

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. In Abhisit's cabinet, the CP supplied the Deputy Prime Minister (

Sanan Kachornprasart Sanan Kachornprasart (, , ; born 7 September 1935 – 15 February 2013) was a Thai politician and military officer ( Major General). He was deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Abhisit Vejjajiva, and was chief advisor of Chartthaipattana P ...

), the ministers of Tourism and Sports (

), and

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, and the deputy minister of transport. For the general election on 3 July 2011, Chartthaipattana forged an alliance with coalition partner

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. The party's target was to win at least 30–35 seats and it was even hopeful that it could, as the third party, propose a "reconciliation prime minister". Eventually, the CP won 19 of the 500 seats in the house of representatives. The party joined the

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-led coalition government under Prime Minister

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in 2011. The party elected

Kanchana Silpa-archa Kanchana Silpa-archa (, ; born 15 February 1960) is a Thai politician who has served as the leader of the Chartthaipattana Party. She previously served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education from 1999 to 2001. Early life Kanchana was ...

, daughter of former prime minister Banharn Silpa-archa, to lead them in the 2019 election. On 10 October 2022, the younger son of Banharn Silpa-archa,

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, became the Leader of the Party following the resignation of his sister.

had been speculated to become the Leader back in 2018.

Election results

General elections

References

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Election results

General elections

See also

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