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]
[edit] 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 |
| Phalang 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 |
[edit] References
- ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0199249598