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
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- ↑ 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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