1995 Thai general election
2 July 1995
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All 391 seats in the House of Representatives 196 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 37,817,983 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 62.04% ( 0.45pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Majority of seats won by parties by province Chart Thai Democrat New Aspiration National Development Palang Dharma Social Action Leading Thai Solidarity Seritham No majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Thailand on 2 July 1995. The Thai Nation Party emerged as the largest party, winning 92 of the 391 seats. Voter turnout was 62%.[1] The prevalence of vote buying in this election was considered one of the highest to date.[2]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Thai Nation Party | 12,630,074 | 22.83 | 92 | +15 | |
| Democrat Party | 12,325,423 | 22.28 | 86 | +7 | |
| New Aspiration Party | 6,806,621 | 12.30 | 57 | +6 | |
| National Development Party | 6,612,504 | 11.95 | 53 | –7 | |
| Palang Dharma Party | 4,209,135 | 7.61 | 23 | –24 | |
| Leading Thai Party | 3,474,142 | 6.28 | 18 | New | |
| Thai Citizen Party | 2,476,218 | 4.48 | 18 | +15 | |
| Social Action Party | 2,201,218 | 3.98 | 22 | 0 | |
| Seritham Party | 1,716,786 | 3.10 | 11 | +3 | |
| Solidarity Party | 1,361,719 | 2.46 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mass Party | 1,309,381 | 2.37 | 3 | –1 | |
| Safeguard Thai Party | 195,835 | 0.35 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 55,319,056 | 100.00 | 391 | +31 | |
| Valid votes | 22,784,030 | 97.11 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 678,716 | 2.89 | |||
| Total votes | 23,462,746 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 37,817,983 | 62.04 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
Further reading
- William A. Callahan; Duncan McCargo (1996). "Vote-Buying in Thailand's Northeast: The July 1995 General Election". Asian Survey. 36 (4): 376–392. doi:10.2307/2645405. JSTOR 2645405.
- David Murray (1996). "The 1995 National Election in Thailand". Asian Survey. 36: 361–375. doi:10.2307/2645404. JSTOR 2645404.
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ Ruth McVey (2000), "Of Greed and Violence and Other Signs of Progress", Money and Power in Provincial Thailand, NIAS Press, p. 27