1988 Thai general election

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]

1988 Thai general election
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 seats 12.1%, 51 seats 22.5%, 100 seats
Seats won 87 54 48
Seat change 24 3 52
Popular vote 7,612,148 4,651,161 4,456,077
Percentage 19.3% 11.8% 11.3%
Prime Minister before election

Prem Tinsulanonda
Military

 Elected Prime Minister

Chatichai Choonhavan
Chart Thai

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Thai Nation Party7,612,14819.387+24
Social Action Party4,651,16111.854+3
Democrat Party4,456,07711.348–52
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
Liberal Party690,4861.73+2
Mass Party622,9331.65+2
Social Democratic Force273,9320.71New
Thai Agro Industry179,5630.50New
Total39,463,755100357+10
Valid votes16,350,14396.5
Invalid/blank votes564,7883.5
Total16,944,931100
Registered voters/turnout26,658,63863.6
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
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