Thai general election, 1988

Thai general election, 1988
Thailand
24 July 1988

All 357 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chatichai Choonhavan Siddhi Savetsila Bhichai Rattakul
Party Chart Thai Social Action Party Democrat
Last election 17.3%, 63 12.1%, 51 22.5%, 100
Seats won 87 54 48
Seat change Increase 24 Increase 3 Decrease 52
Percentage 19.3% 11.8% 19.3%

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

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Thai Nation Party7,612,14819.387+24
Social Action Party4,651,16111.854+3
Democrat Party4,456,07719.348–52
United Thai Party3,988,94110.134+15
Palang Dharma Party3,586,8789.114New
Thai People Party3,143,8518.017+16
Rak Thai2,454,8706.219+19
Thai Citizen Party2,413,5206.131+7
People Party2,336,9625.921+3
Community Action1,127,4182.99–6
Progress Party1,114,4682.88–1
United Democrat Party810,5472.16–32
Liberalism Party690,4861.73+2
Mass Party622,9331.65+2
Social Democratic Force273,9320.71New
Thai Agro Industry179,5630.50New
Invalid/blank votes564,788
Total16,944,931100357+10
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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