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1988 Thai general election
General elections were held in Thailand on 24 July 1988. The result was a victory for the Thai Nation Party , which won 87 of the 357 seats. Voter turnout was 63.6%.[ 1]
Results
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Thai Nation Party
7,612,148
19.3
87
+24
Social Action Party
4,651,161
11.8
54
+3
Democrat Party
4,456,077
11.3
48
–52
United Thai Party
3,988,941
10.1
34
+15
Palang Dharma Party
3,586,878
9.1
14
New
Thai People Party
3,143,851
8.0
17
+16
Rak Thai
2,454,870
6.2
19
+19
Thai Citizen Party
2,413,520
6.1
31
+7
People Party
2,336,962
5.9
21
+3
Community Action
1,127,418
2.9
9
–6
Progress Party
1,114,468
2.8
8
–1
United Democrat Party
810,547
2.1
6
–32
Liberal Party
690,486
1.7
3
+2
Mass Party
622,933
1.6
5
+2
Social Democratic Force
273,932
0.7
1
New
Thai Agro Industry
179,563
0.5
0
New
Total
39,463,755
100
357
+10
Valid votes
16,350,143
96.5
Invalid/blank votes
564,788
3.5
Total
16,944,931
100
Registered voters/turnout
26,658,638
63.6
Source: Nohlen et al.
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