Thai general election, March 1992

Thai general election, March 1992

22 March 1992

All 360 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand   First party Second party Third party   Leader Narong Wongwan Pramarn Adireksarn Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Party Justice Unity Chart Thai New Aspiration Last election New party 19.3%, 87 New party Seats won 79 74 72 Seat change New party 13 New party 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 Samakkee Dhamma, which won 79 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the New Aspiration Party. Voter turnout was 59.2%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
New Aspiration Party	9,980,150	22.4	72	New
Justice Unity Party	8,578,529	19.3	79	New
Thai Nation Party	7,305,674	16.4	74	–13
Palang Dharma Party	5,104,849	11.5	41	+35
Democrat Party	4,705,376	10.6	44	–4
Social Action Party	3,586,714	8.1	31	–23
Thai Citizen Party	2,280,887	5.1	7	–24
Solidarity Party	1,315,075	3.0	6	New
Mass Party	443,568	1.0	1	–4
People Party	376,580	0.8	4	–17
United New Force	337,361	0.8	0	New
Thai People Party	158,037	0.4	1	–16
Local Progress Party	158,808	0.4	0	New
Free Agriculture Party	152,692	0.3	0	New
United Democracy Party	34,651	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	547,726	–	–	–
Total	19,216,466	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