| Commoners' Party | |
| Native Name: | พรรคสามัญชน |
| Leader: | Kittichai Ngamchaipisit |
| Headquarters: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Ideology: | Progressivism Social democracy Liberal democracy |
| Position: | Centre-left[1] |
| Regional: | Network of Social Democracy in Asia |
| International: | Progressive Alliance (guest since 2018)[2] |
| Dissolved: | 2 October 2024 |
| Colours: | Black, red |
| Country: | Thailand |
The Commoners' Party (th|พรรคสามัญชน) was a political party in Thailand founded on 2 March 2018 by Kittichai Ngamchaipisit, a university dropout and electrician, and Por Gun Tee, a former Oun YT (Youth Training Center) leader. According to Tee, the main goal of the party was to elect poor people to parliament. Instead of trying to represent the poor people and their voices, the party aimed to let them speak for themselves, which is why it was called the Commoners' Party. The party's symbol was an equal sign (=).
The commoner movement was founded by activists in 2012 to protest the government's not caring enough about the poor people of Thailand.[3]
The ideology of the Commoners' Party was liberal democracy. It opposed the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.[4] Apart from including poor people and the underprivileged in parliament, the party also agitated for LGBT rights, women's rights, educational reform in the deep south, rights to local natural resources, better universal healthcare, labor rights for both Thai and migrant workers, decentralization and local self-determination.[5] The party supported the repeal of section 112 of the Thai Criminal Code, which codifies lèse-majesté in Thailand.[6]
The party was dissolved on 2 October 2024, as its membership had decreased below the requirement for political parties.[7]