 Under the premiership of Anand Panyarachun after the Thai general election of 1992, the prime minister realised the need to create a central and independent body, whose sole purpose was to regulate and manage elections.As a result, on 22 March 1992 the "Committee to Administer and Investigate Elections to the House of Representatives" () was created, a precursor of the commission.The commission in its current form was created by the 1997 Constitution of Thailand.