Thai general election, September 1992

Thai general election, September 1992

13 September 1992

All 360 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand   First party Second party Third party   Leader Chuan Leekpai Pramarn Adireksarn Chatichai Choonhavan Party Democrat Chart Thai National Development Last election 10.6%, 44 16.4%, 74 New party Seats won 79 77 60 Seat change 35 3 New party Percentage 21.0% 15.8% 15.9%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Boonchu Rojanastien Party New Aspiration Palang Dharma Last election 22.4%, 72 11.5%, 41 Seats won 51 47 Seat change 21 6 Percentage 14.2% 18.0%

Prime Minister before election Anand Panyarachun Independent Elected Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai Democrat

General elections were held in Thailand on 13 September 1992. The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 79 of the 360 seats. Voter turnout was 61.6%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democrat Party	9,703,672	21.0	79	+35
Palang Dharma Party	9,293,457	18.0	47	+6
National Development Party	7,332,388	15.9	60	New
Thai Nation Party	7,274,474	15.8	77	+3
New Aspiration Party	6,576,092	14.2	51	–21
Social Action Party	1,863,360	4.0	22	–9
Liberal Party	1,645,776	3.6	8	New
Thai Citizen Party	1,413,032	3.1	3	–4
Solidarity Party	1,067,237	2.3	8	+2
Mass Party	681,718	1.5	4	+3
People Party	242,221	0.5	1	–3
People's Force	73,460	0.2	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	503,534	–	–	–
Total	19,622,332	100	360	+3
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