Thai general election, March 1992
Thai general election, March 1992
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General elections were held in Thailand on 22 March 1992, the first after the National Peace Keeping Council overthrew the elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in a coup on 23 February 1991. A total of 15 parties and 2,185 candidates contested the 360 seats. The result was a victory for the Samakkee Dhamma, which won 79 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the New Aspiration Party. Voter turnout was 59.2%.[1]
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
New Aspiration Party | 9,980,150 | 22.4 | 72 | New |
Justice Unity Party | 8,578,529 | 19.3 | 79 | New |
Thai Nation Party | 7,305,674 | 16.4 | 74 | –13 |
Palang Dharma Party | 5,104,849 | 11.5 | 41 | +35 |
Democrat Party | 4,705,376 | 10.6 | 44 | –4 |
Social Action Party | 3,586,714 | 8.1 | 31 | –23 |
Thai Citizen Party | 2,280,887 | 5.1 | 7 | –24 |
Solidarity Party | 1,315,075 | 3.0 | 6 | New |
Mass Party | 443,568 | 1.0 | 1 | –4 |
People Party | 376,580 | 0.8 | 4 | –17 |
United New Force | 337,361 | 0.8 | 0 | New |
Thai People Party | 158,037 | 0.4 | 1 | –16 |
Local Progress Party | 158,808 | 0.4 | 0 | New |
Free Agriculture Party | 152,692 | 0.3 | 0 | New |
United Democracy Party | 34,651 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 547,726 | – | – | – |
Total | 19,216,466 | 100 | 360 | +3 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8