Thai general election, 1996

17 November 1996

All 393 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand

	First party	Second party
	NAP
Leader	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	Chuan Leekpai
Party	New Aspiration	Democrat
Last election	12.3%, 57 seats	22.3%, 86
Seats won	125	123
Seat change	68	37

Prime Minister before election

Banharn Silpa-archa
Chart Thai

Elected Prime Minister

Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
New Aspiration

General elections were held in Thailand on 17 November 1996. The result was a victory for the New Aspiration Party, which won 125 of the 393 seats, despite winning fewer votes than the Democrat Party. Voter turnout was 62.4%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democrat Party	18,087,006	31.8	123	+37
New Aspiration Party	16,585,528	29.1	125	+68
National Development Party	7,044,304	12.4	52	–1
Thai Nation Party	5,621,890	9.9	39	–53
Social Action Party	3,036,544	5.3	20	–2
Thai Citizen Party	2,330,135	4.1	18	0
Palang Dharma Party	1,550,170	2.7	1	–22
Solidarity Party	1,011,299	1.8	8	0
Liberal Party	708,430	1.2	4	–7
Mass Party	680,204	1.2	2	–1
Thai Party	164,464	0.3	1	New
Liberal Democracy Party	56,804	0.1	0	New
Labour Party	40,798	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	632,502	–	–	–
Total	24,070,750	100	393	+2
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p288 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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