March 1992 Thai general election

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 Justice Unity Party, which won 79 seats, despite receiving fewer votes than the New Aspiration Party. Voter turnout was 59.2%.[1]

March 1992 Thai general election
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
Popular vote 8,578,529 7,305,674 9,980,150
Percentage 19.3% 16.4% 22.4%
Prime Minister before election

Anand Panyarachun
Independent

 Elected Prime Minister

Suchinda Kraprayoon
Military

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
New Aspiration Party9,980,15022.472New
Justice Unity Party8,578,52919.379New
Thai Nation Party7,305,67416.474–13
Palang Dharma Party5,104,84911.541+35
Democrat Party4,705,37610.644–4
Social Action Party3,586,7148.131–23
Thai Citizen Party2,280,8875.17–24
Solidarity Party1,315,0753.06New
Mass Party443,5681.01–4
People Party376,5800.84–17
United New Force337,3610.80New
Thai People Party158,0370.41–16
Local Progress Party158,8080.40New
Free Agriculture Party152,6920.30New
United Democracy Party34,6510.10New
Total44,516,951100360+3
Valid votes18,668,74097.1
Invalid/blank votes547,7262.9
Total19,216,466100
Registered voters/turnout32,436,28359.2
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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