September 1992 Thai general election

September 1992 Thai general election

13 September 1992

All 360 seats in the House of Representatives
181 seats needed for a majority
Registered31,860,156
Turnout61.59% ( 2.35pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Chuan Leekpai Pramarn Adireksarn Chatichai Choonhavan
Party Democrat Chart Thai National Development
Last election 10.6%, 44 seats 16.4%, 74 seats
Seats won 79 77 60
Seat change 35 3 New
Popular vote 9,703,672 7,274,474 7,332,388
Percentage 21.0% 15.8% 15.9%
Swing 10.4 pp 0.8 pp New

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Boonchu Rojanastien
Party New Aspiration Palang Dharma
Last election 22.4%, 72 seats 11.5%, 41 seats
Seats won 51 47
Seat change 21 6
Popular vote 6,576,092 8,293,457
Percentage 14.2% 18.0%
Swing 8.2 pp 6.5 pp

Prime Minister before election

Anand Panyarachun
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Chuan Leekpai
Democrat

General elections were held in Thailand on 13 September 1992. They were the first elections after Black May and the end of the military dictatorship by the National Peace Keeping Council. Voter turnout was 62%.

The Democrat Party emerged as the largest in parliament, winning 79 of the 360 seats. The Democrat Party subsequently formed a coalition government with the New Aspiration Party, the Palang Dharma Party, the Solidarity Party and the Social Action Party.

The central election committee used the motto "Sell your voice, sell your rights, like selling your life, treason".