1996 Thai general election

1996 Thai general election

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All 393 seats in the House of Representatives 197 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	62.42% ( 0.38pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Democrat Chuan Leekpai 31.78 123 +37 New Aspiration Chavalit Yongchaiyudh 29.14 125 +68 National Development Chatichai Choonhavan 12.38 52 −1 Chart Thai Banharn Silpa-archa 9.88 39 −53 Social Action Montri Pongpanich [th] 5.33 20 −2 Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 4.09 18 +18 Palang Dharma Thaksin Shinawatra 2.72 1 −22 Solidarity Uthai Pimchaichon [th] 1.78 8 +8 Seritham [th] Phinij Jarusombat [th] 1.24 4 −7 Mass Party Chalerm Yubamrung 1.20 2 −1 Thai Party [th] Thanabdin Saengsathaporn 0.29 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Majority of seats won by parties by province      New Aspiration      Democrat      National Development      Chart Thai      Social Action      Solidarity      Thai Citizen      No majority Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Banharn Silpa-archa Chart Thai Chavalit Yongchaiyudh New Aspiration

Early 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]