September 1992 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 13 September 1992. They were the first elections after Black May and the end of the military dictatorship by the National Peace Keeping Council. Voter turnout was 62%.

September 1992 Thai general election

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All 360 seats in the House of Representatives 181 seats needed for a majority
Registered	31,860,156
Turnout	61.59% ( 2.35pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Chuan Leekpai Pramarn Adireksarn Chatichai Choonhavan Party Democrat Chart Thai National Development Last election 10.6%, 44 seats 16.4%, 74 seats – Seats won 79 77 60 Seat change 35 3 New Popular vote 9,703,672 7,274,474 7,332,388 Percentage 21.0% 15.8% 15.9% Swing 10.4 pp 0.8 pp New   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Chamlong Srimuang Party New Aspiration Palang Dharma Last election 22.4%, 72 seats 11.5%, 41 seats Seats won 51 47 Seat change 21 6 Popular vote 6,576,092 8,293,457 Percentage 14.2% 18.0% Swing 8.2 pp 6.5 pp
Prime Minister before election Anand Panyarachun Independent Elected Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai Democrat

The Democrat Party emerged as the largest in parliament, winning 79 of the 360 seats. The Democrat Party subsequently formed a coalition government with the New Aspiration Party, the Palang Dharma Party, the Solidarity Party and the Social Action Party.

The central election committee used the motto "Sell your voice, sell your rights, like selling your life, treason".

Opinion polls

Exit polls

Polling organisation/client	PDP	DP	NDP	TNP	NAP	SAP	SRT	TCP	SP	MP	PP	Lead
NiyomPoll	72-74	64-66	61-63	60-62	59-60	18-19	7-8	5-6	4-5	2-3	2

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democrat Party	9,703,672	21.02	79	+35
	Palang Dharma Party	8,293,457	17.96	47	+6
	National Development Party	7,332,388	15.88	60	+59
	Thai Nation Party	7,274,474	15.76	77	+3
	New Aspiration Party	6,576,092	14.24	51	–21
	Social Action Party	1,863,360	4.04	22	–9
	Seritham Party [th]	1,645,776	3.56	8	New
	Thai Citizen Party	1,413,032	3.06	3	–4
	Solidarity Party	1,067,237	2.31	8	+2
	Mass Party	681,718	1.48	4	+3
	People Party [th]	242,221	0.52	1	–3
	People's Force	73,460	0.16	0	New
Total		46,166,887	100.00	360	0
Valid votes		19,118,798	97.43
Invalid/blank votes		503,534	2.57
Total votes		19,622,332	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		31,860,156	61.59
Source: Nohlen et al.