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September 1992 Thai general election

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Thai general election, September 1992

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All 360 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chuan Leekpai Pramarn Adireksarn Chatichai Choonhavan
Party Democrat Chart Thai National Development
Last election 10.6%, 44 16.4%, 74 New party
Seats won 79 77 60
Seat change Increase 35 Increase 3 New party
Percentage 21.0% 15.8% 15.9%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Boonchu Rojanastien
Party New Aspiration Palang Dharma
Last election 22.4%, 72 11.5%, 41
Seats won 51 47
Seat change Decrease 21 Increase 6
Percentage 14.2% 18.0%

Prime Minister before election

Anand Panyarachun
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Chuan Leekpai
Democrat

General elections were held in Thailand on 13 September 1992. The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 79 of the 360 seats. Voter turnout was 61.6%.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party 9,703,672 21.0 79 +35
Palang Dharma Party 9,293,457 18.0 47 +6
National Development Party 7,332,388 15.9 60 New
Thai Nation Party 7,274,474 15.8 77 +3
New Aspiration Party 6,576,092 14.2 51 –21
Social Action Party 1,863,360 4.0 22 –9
Liberal Party 1,645,776 3.6 8 New
Thai Citizen Party 1,413,032 3.1 3 –4
Solidarity Party 1,067,237 2.3 8 +2
Mass Party 681,718 1.5 4 +3
People Party 242,221 0.5 1 –3
People's Force 73,460 0.2 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 503,534
Total 19,622,332 100 360 +3
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8