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
Samakkee Dhamma 8,578,529 19.3 79 New
Thai Nation Party 7,305,674 16.4 74 -13
Phalang 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

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0199249598