1995 Thai general election

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1995 Thai general election
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All 391 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party
  Banharn Silpa-archa (cropped).jpg Chuan Leekpai 2010-04-01.jpg
Leader Banharn Silpa-archa Chuan Leekpai
Party Chart Thai Democrat
Last election 15.8%, 77 21.0%, 79
Seats won 92 86
Seat change Increase 15 Increase 7
Popular vote 12,630,074 12,325,423
Percentage 22.8% 22.3%
Prime Minister before election

Chuan Leekpai
Democrat

Elected Prime Minister

Banharn Silpa-archa
Chart Thai

General elections were held in Thailand on 2 July 1995. The result was a victory for the Thai Nation Party, which won 92 of the 391 seats. Voter turnout was 62.0%.[1] The prevalence of vote buying in this election was considered one of the highest to date.[2]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Thai Nation Party12,630,07422.8392+15
Democrat Party12,325,42322.2886+7
New Aspiration Party6,806,62112.3057+6
National Development Party6,612,50411.9553–7
Palang Dharma Party4,209,1357.6123–24
3,474,1426.2818New
Thai Citizen Party2,476,2184.4818+15
Social Action Party2,201,2183.98220
1,716,7863.1011+3
Solidarity Party1,361,7192.4680
Mass Party1,309,3812.373–1
Safeguard Thai Party195,8350.350New
Total55,319,056100.00391+31
Valid votes22,784,03097.11
Invalid/blank votes678,7162.89
Total votes23,462,746100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,817,98362.04
Source: Nohlen et al.

Further reading[]

  • William A. Callahan; Duncan McCargo (1996). "Vote-Buying in Thailand's Northeast: The July 1995 General Election". Asian Survey. 36 (4): 376–392. doi:10.1525/as.1996.36.4.01p0125i.
  • David Murray (1996). "The 1995 National Election in Thailand". Asian Survey. 36: 361–375. doi:10.2307/2645404.

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Ruth McVey (2000), "Of Greed and Violence and Other Signs of Progress", Money and Power in Provincial Thailand, NIAS Press, p. 27
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