Thai general election, 1996

Thai general election, 1996
17 November 1996
All 393 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand

  First party Second party
 
Leader Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Chuan Leekpai
Party New Aspiration Democrat
Last election 12.3%, 57 seats 22.3%, 86
Seats won 125 123
Seat change Increase 68 Increase 37
Prime Minister before election

Banharn Silpa-archa
Chart Thai

 Elected Prime Minister

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
New Aspiration

General elections were held in Thailand on 17 November 1996. The result was a victory for the New Aspiration Party, which won 125 of the 393 seats, despite winning fewer votes than the Democrat Party. Voter turnout was 62.4%.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party18,087,00631.8123+37
New Aspiration Party16,585,52829.1125+68
National Development Party7,044,30412.452–1
Thai Nation Party5,621,8909.939–53
Social Action Party3,036,5445.320–2
Thai Citizen Party2,330,1354.1180
Palang Dharma Party1,550,1702.71–22
Solidarity Party1,011,2991.880
Liberal Party708,4301.24–7
Mass Party680,2041.22–1
Thai Party164,4640.31New
Liberal Democracy Party56,8040.10New
Labour Party40,7980.10New
Total56,917,576100393+2
Valid votes23,438,24897.4
Invalid/blank votes632,5022.6
Total24,070,750100
Registered voters/turnout38,564,59362.4
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p288 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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