Democrat Party
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political party in Thailand
Key facts
- Leader
- Abhisit Vejjajiva
- Secretary general
- Chaiwut Bannawat
- Spokesperson
- Pongsakorn Kwanmuang
- Founder
- Khuang Aphaiwong
- Founded
- 6 April 1946 ; 80 years ago ( 1946-04-06 )
- Merger of
- Democratic Party, Progressive Party
- Headquarters
- 67 Setsiri 2 Rd. Phaya Thai, Phaya Thai , Bangkok
- Youth wing
- Young Democrat
- Women s wing
- Democratic Women
- Membership 2025
- 65,182
- Ideology
- Conservative liberalism Classical liberalism Constitutional monarchism 1991–2003: Neoliberalism
- Political position
- Centre-right
- International affiliation
- Liberal International
- Continental affiliation
- Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
- Colours
- Light blue
- Slogan
- สจฺจํเว อมตา วาจา , ('Truth is indeed the undying word' — proverb)
- Anthem
- "ประชาธิปัตย์มาแล้ว", ('Democrats Are Here')
- House of representatives
- 21 / 500
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political party
- Country
- Thailand
- Headquarters
- Phaya Thai
- Official website
- democrat.or.th
- Image
- นายกรัฐมนตรี ประชุมคณะกรรมการบริหารพรรคประชาธิปัตย์ แล - Flickr - Abhisit Vejjajiva (2).jpg
- Political ideology
- classical liberalism
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- inception
- 1946-04-06
- political alignment
- centre-right
- member of
- Liberal International
- sRGB color hex triplet
- 00A1F1
- location of formation
- Bangkok
- Commons category
- Democrat Party (Thailand)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Democrat Party (Thai: พรรคประชาธิปัตย์, RTGS: Phak Prachathipat [pʰák prà.t͡ɕʰāː.tʰí.pàt]) is a political party in Thailand. The party is the oldest active political party in Thailand, it was founded in 1946 as a royalist party; it now upholds a conservative-liberal and pro-market position.
The Democrat Party made its best showings in parliament in 1948, 1976, and 1996. It has never won an outright parliamentary majority. The party's electoral support bases are southern Thailand and Bangkok, although the party's strength in Bangkok has declined rapidly since the 2019 general election. Since 2004, Democrat candidates won three elections for the governorship of Bangkok. From 2005 to 2019 and since 2025, the Democrat Party has been led by Abhisit Vejjajiva, former prime minister.
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