March 1992 Thai general election

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March 1992 Thai general election

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All 360 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Narong Wongwan Pramarn Adireksarn Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
Party Justice Unity Chart Thai New Aspiration
Last election 19.3%, 87
Seats won 79 74 72
Seat change New Decrease 13 New
Popular vote 8,578,529 7,305,674 9,980,150
Percentage 19.3% 16.4% 22.4%

Prime Minister before election

Anand Panyarachun
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Suchinda Kraprayoon
Military

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 Justice Unity Party, which won 79 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the New Aspiration Party. Voter turnout was 59.2%.[1]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
New Aspiration Party9,980,15022.4272New
Justice Unity Party8,578,52919.2779New
Thai Nation Party7,305,67416.4174–13
Palang Dharma Party5,104,84911.4741+35
Democrat Party4,705,37610.5744–4
Social Action Party3,586,7148.0631–23
Thai Citizen Party2,280,8875.127–24
Solidarity Party1,315,0752.956New
Mass Party443,5681.001–4
376,5800.854–17
United New Force337,3610.760New
158,0370.361–16
Local Progress Party156,8080.350New
Free Agriculture Party152,6920.340New
United Democracy Party34,6510.080New
Total44,516,951100.00360+3
Valid votes18,668,74097.15
Invalid/blank votes547,7262.85
Total votes19,216,466100.00
Registered voters/turnout32,436,28359.24
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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