Thai general election, 1988

24 July 1988

All 357 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Chatichai Choonhavan	Siddhi Savetsila	Bhichai Rattakul
Party	Chart Thai	Social Action Party	Democrat
Last election	17.3%, 63	12.1%, 51	22.5%, 100
Seats won	87	54	48
Seat change	24	3	52
Percentage	19.3%	11.8%	19.3%

Prime Minister before election

Prem Tinsulanonda
Military

Elected Prime Minister

Chatichai Choonhavan
Chart Thai

General elections were held in Thailand on 24 July 1988. The result was a victory for the Thai Nation Party, which won 87 of the 357 seats. Voter turnout was 63.6%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Thai Nation Party	7,612,148	19.3	87	+24
Social Action Party	4,651,161	11.8	54	+3
Democrat Party	4,456,077	19.3	48	-52
United Thai Party	3,988,941	10.1	34	+15
Palang Dharma Party	3,586,878	9.1	14	New
Thai People Party	3,143,851	8.0	17	+16
Rak Thai	2,454,870	6.2	19	+19
Thai Citizen Party	2,413,520	6.1	31	+7
People Party	2,336,962	5.9	21	+3
Community Action	1,127,418	2.9	9	-6
Progress Party	1,114,468	2.8	8	-1
United Democrat Party	810,547	2.1	6	-32
Liberalism Party	690,486	1.7	3	+2
Mass Party	622,933	1.6	5	+2
Social Democratic Force	273,932	0.7	1	New
Thai Agro Industry	179,563	0.5	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	564,788	-	-	-
Total	16,944,931	100	357	+10
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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