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

Political parties

Parties represented in the
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and/or other local legislations

Parties not represented in parliament

New Aspiration Party The New Aspiration Party () is a political party in Thailand. The party was established in 1990 by General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh after his retirement as Commander-In-Chief of the Royal Thai Army. This party won the elections of 1996 and formed ...

, majority merged with the

Thai Rak Thai Party The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; , , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a list of political parties in Thailand, Thai political party founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder, Prime Minister of Thailand, Prime Mini ...

in 2001, minority continue to be used * Thai Citizen Party

New political parties founded after the 2014 military coup

* Future Forward Party The Future Forward Party (FFP; , ; otherwise known as 'New Future Party') was a social democratic and progressive List of political parties in Thailand, Thai political party from March 2018 to February 2020. The party was founded on 14 March 20 ...
– dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 21 August 2020 *

Palang Pracharath Party Palang Pracharath Party (, , ; ) is a Thai right-wing conservative 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 was established in 2018 by ...

* Thai Civilized Party * Move Forward Party The Move Forward Party (MFP; , ) was a major social democratic and progressive political party in Thailand. It was the second incarnation of the progressive Future Forward Party, which was founded in 2018 and dissolved by the Constitutional C ...
– dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on 7 August 2024

Defunct parties

Khana Ratsadon The People's Party, known in Thai as Khana Ratsadon (, ), was a Thailand, Siamese group of military and civil officers, and later a political party, which staged a 1932 Siamese coup d'état, bloodless revolution against King Prajadhipok's govern ...

or People's Party (existed from 1927 to the 1940s) – first political party in Thailand *

Liberal Democratic Party Several political parties from around the world have been called the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Liberal Party or Liberal Democrats. These parties have usually followed liberalism as ideology, although they can vary widely from very progr ...

(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 (, ), which later changed its name to the Liberal Party (, ), was a Thai pro-military and conservative political party established after the military coup d'état of 1991. It represented the interests of the military, bur ...

* 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 The Constitutional Court (, , ), officially the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand, is a Thai court created by the 1997 constitution with jurisdiction over the constitutionality of parliamentary acts, royal decrees, draft legisl ...

and barred from political activity: *

Communist Party of Thailand The Communist Party of Thailand ( Abrv: CPT; , ) was a communist party in Thailand active from 1942 until the 1990s. The CPT was founded officially on 1 December 1942, although communist activism in the country began as early as 1927. In the 1 ...

(existed from 1942 to the 1980s) *

(''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 (, ) was a Conservatism, 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 (Thailand), People's Power P ...

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

on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws *

Neutral Democratic Party The Neutral Democratic Party (PMT; Thai: พรรคมัชฌิมาธิปไตย) was a short-lived populist political party in Thailand founded in 2007 by Somsak Thepsuthin, a former Thai Rak Thai Party cabinet minister. The part ...

(''Phak Matchima'') – founded in 2006, dissolved by the

on 2 December 2008 for violating electoral laws *

Thai Raksa Chart Party The Thai Raksa Chart Party (, , ), officially known in English as the Thai Save the Nation Party, was a Thai political party. History The party was established in 2009 under the name Rath Thai Party. The party underwent a series of name chan ...

(''Phak Thai Raksa Chart'') – founded in 2009, dissolved by the

on 7 March 2019 for violating electoral laws *

Future Forward Party The Future Forward Party (FFP; , ; otherwise known as 'New Future Party') was a social democratic and progressive List of political parties in Thailand, Thai political party from March 2018 to February 2020. The party was founded on 14 March 20 ...

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

Move Forward Party The Move Forward Party (MFP; , ) was a major social democratic and progressive political party in Thailand. It was the second incarnation of the progressive Future Forward Party, which was founded in 2018 and dissolved by the Constitutional C ...

(, ) – founded in 2014, dissolved by the

on 7 August 2024

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Poliutical parties

Political parties

Parties not represented in parliament

New political parties founded after the 2014 military coup

Defunct parties

Banned or dissolved parties

See also

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