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
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 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