The birth of a new party, with a woman in charge of the second most important position, had caused a stir.

For some advocates of women's rights, Thailand's long struggle to break male dominance in politics was thought to have partly been enlivened.

[4] The Neutral Democratic Party participated in the 2007 general election and won 5.36% of the vote (7 of 480 seats), coming in sixth.

Former secretary general and the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Anongwan Thepsuthin became the new leader and Chai-Nat province MP Porntiwa Nakasai became the new secretary general.

They and the former members of the Friends of Newin Group, a faction of the PPP, decided to form a coalition government led by Abhisit Vejjajiva, leader of the Democrat Party.