Thai general election, 1995

Thai general election, 1995
Thailand
2 July 1995
All 391 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand

  First party Second party
 
Leader Banharn Silpa-archa Chuan Leekpai
Party Chart Thai Democrat
Last election 15.8%, 77 21.0%, 79
Seats won 92 86
Seat change Increase 15 Increase 7
Prime Minister before election

Chuan Leekpai
Democrat

 Elected Prime Minister

Banharn Silpa-archa
Chart Thai

General elections were held in Thailand on 2 July 1995. The result was a victory for the Thai Nation Party, which won 92 of the 391 seats. Voter turnout was 62.0%.[1] The prevalence of vote buying in this election was considered one of the highest so far.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Thai Nation Party12,630,07422.892+15
Democrat Party12,325,42322.386+7
New Aspiration Party6,806,62112.357+6
National Development Party6,612,50412.053–7
Palang Dharma Party4,209,1357.623–24
Leading Thai Party3,474,1426.318New
Thai Citizen Party2,476,2184.518+15
Social Action Party2,201,2184.0220
Liberal Party1,716,7863.111+3
Solidarity Party1,361,7192.580
Mass Party1,309,3812.43–1
Safeguard Thai Party195,8350.40New
Invalid/blank votes678,716–––
Total23,462,746100391+31
Source: Nohlen et al.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ↑ Ruth McVey (2000), "Of Greed and Violence and Other Signs of Progress", Money and Power in Provincial Thailand, NIAS Press, p. 27
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