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Revision as of 16:17, 11 December 2018

Thai general election, 1988

← 1986 24 July 1988 1992 (Mar) →

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 Democrat
Last election 17.3%, 63 seats 12.1%, 51 seats 22.5%, 100 seats
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 Party 7,612,148 19.3 87 +24
Social Action Party 4,651,161 11.8 54 +3
Democrat Party 4,456,077 11.3 48 –52
United Thai Party 3,988,941 10.1 34 +15
Palang Dharma Party 3,586,878 9.1 14 New
Thai People Party 3,143,851 8.0 17 +16
Rak Thai 2,454,870 6.2 19 +19
Thai Citizen Party 2,413,520 6.1 31 +7
People Party 2,336,962 5.9 21 +3
Community Action 1,127,418 2.9 9 –6
Progress Party 1,114,468 2.8 8 –1
United Democrat Party 810,547 2.1 6 –32
Liberal Party 690,486 1.7 3 +2
Mass Party 622,933 1.6 5 +2
Social Democratic Force 273,932 0.7 1 New
Thai Agro Industry 179,563 0.5 0 New
Total 39,463,755 100 357 +10
Valid votes 16,350,143 96.5
Invalid/blank votes 564,788 3.5
Total 16,944,931 100
Registered voters/turnout 26,658,638 63.6
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