1988 Thai general election

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1988 Thai general election
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All 357 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
  Chatichai Choonhavan 1976.jpg Siddhi Savetsila (1980).jpg Bhichai Rattakul 2010-04-01.jpg
Leader Chatichai Choonhavan Siddhi Savetsila Bhichai Rattakul
Party Chart Thai Social Action Party Democrat
Last election 17.3%, 63 seats 12.1%, 51 seats 22.5%, 100 seats
Seats won 87 54 48
Seat change Increase 24 Increase 3 Decrease 52
Popular vote 7,612,148 4,651,161 4,456,077
Percentage 19.3% 11.8% 11.3%
Prime Minister before election

Prem Tinsulanonda
Military

Elected Prime Minister

Chatichai Choonhavan
Chart Thai

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[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Thai Nation Party7,612,14819.2987+24
Social Action Party4,651,16111.7954+3
Democrat Party4,456,07711.2948–52
3,988,94110.1134+15
Palang Dharma Party3,586,8789.0914New
3,143,8517.9717+16
2,454,8706.2219+19
Thai Citizen Party2,413,5206.1231+7
2,336,9625.9221+3
1,127,4182.869–6
Progress Party1,114,4682.828–1
810,5472.056–32
Liberal Party690,4861.753+2
Mass Party622,9331.585+2
273,9320.691New
Thai Agro Industry179,5630.460New
Total39,463,755100.00357+10
Valid votes16,350,14396.49
Invalid/blank votes594,7883.51
Total votes16,944,931100.00
Registered voters/turnout26,658,63863.56
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
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