Thai general election, March 1992

      Thai general election, March 1992
      Thailand
      1988 ←
      22 March 1992
      → 1992 (Sep)

      All 360 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
        First party Second party Third party
       
      Leader Narong Wongwan Pramarn Adireksarn Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
      Party Justice Unity Chart Thai New Aspiration
      Last election New party 19.3%, 87 New party
      Seats won 79 74 72
      Seat change New party Decrease 13 New party
      Percentage 19.3% 16.4% 22.4%

      Prime Minister before election

      Anand Panyarachun
      Independent

      Elected Prime Minister

      Suchinda Kraprayoon
      Military

      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.
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      References

      1. ^ 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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