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