1988 Thai general election
24 July 1988
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| Registered | 26,658,638 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 63.56% ( 2.13pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Thailand on 24 July 1988. The Thai Nation Party emerged as the largest party, winning 87 of the 357 seats. Voter turnout was 64%.[1]
Leaders of the top five elected political parties, consisting of the Thai Nation Party, the Social Action Party, the Democrat Party, the Ruam Thai Party and the Thai Citizen Party, discussed forming a government. All agreed that General Prem Tinsulanonda, the incumbent prime minister, should continue in office, and met with him his residence at Ban Si Sao Thewet on the evening of 27 July. However, Tinsulanonda refused to serve as prime minister for a fourth term, saying eight years and five months as Prime Minister was enough. Chatichai Choonhavan of the Thai Nation Party subsequently became Prime Minister on 4 August, appointing his cabinet on 9 August. Tinsulanonda was appointed as a Privy Councilor on 23 August.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Thai Nation Party | 7,612,148 | 19.29 | 87 | +24 | |
| Social Action Party | 4,651,161 | 11.79 | 54 | +3 | |
| Democrat Party | 4,456,077 | 11.29 | 48 | –52 | |
| Ruam Thai Party | 3,988,941 | 10.11 | 34 | +15 | |
| Palang Dharma Party | 3,586,878 | 9.09 | 14 | New | |
| Thai People Party | 3,143,851 | 7.97 | 17 | +16 | |
| People's | 2,454,870 | 6.22 | 19 | +19 | |
| Thai Citizen Party | 2,413,520 | 6.12 | 31 | +7 | |
| People Party | 2,336,962 | 5.92 | 21 | +3 | |
| Community Action | 1,127,418 | 2.86 | 9 | –6 | |
| Progress Party | 1,114,468 | 2.82 | 8 | –1 | |
| United Democrat Party | 810,547 | 2.05 | 6 | –32 | |
| Liberal Party | 690,486 | 1.75 | 3 | +2 | |
| Mass Party | 622,933 | 1.58 | 5 | +2 | |
| Social Democratic Force | 273,932 | 0.69 | 1 | New | |
| Thai Agro Industry | 179,563 | 0.46 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 39,463,755 | 100.00 | 357 | +10 | |
| Valid votes | 16,350,143 | 96.49 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 594,788 | 3.51 | |||
| Total votes | 16,944,931 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 26,658,638 | 63.56 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8