1995 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 2 July 1995. The result was a victory for the Thai Nation Party, which won 92 of the 391 seats. Voter turnout was 62.0%.[1] The prevalence of vote buying in this election was considered one of the highest to date.[2]

1995 Thai general election
2 July 1995
All 391 seats in the House of Representatives
196 seats needed for a majority
Registered37,817,983
Turnout62.04%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Banharn Silpa-archa Chuan Leekpai Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
Party Chart Thai Democrat New Aspiration
Last election 15.76%, 77 seats 21.02%, 79 seats 14.24%, 51 seats
Seats won 92 86 57
Seat change Increase 15 Increase 7 Increase6
Popular vote 12,630,074 12,325,423 6.806.621
Percentage 22.83% 22.28% 12.30%
Swing Increase7.07pp Increase1.26pp Decrease 1.96 pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Chatichai Choonhavan Thaksin Shinawatra Montri Pongpanich
Party National Development Palang Dharma Social Action
Last election 15.88%, 60 seats 17.96%, 47 seats 4.04%, 22 seats
Seats won 53 23 22
Seat change Decrease7 Decrease 24 Steady
Popular vote 6,612,512 4,209,135 2,201,218
Percentage 11.95% 7.61% 3.98%
Swing Decrease3.93pp Decrease10.35pp Decrease 0.06pp
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Amnuay Virawan Samak Sundaravej Arthit Ourairat
Party Leading Thai Thai Citizen Seritham
Last election – 3.06%, 3 seats 3.56%, 8 seats
Seats won 18 18 11
Seat change New Increase 15 Increase 3
Popular vote 3,474.142 2,476,218 1,716,786
Percentage 6.28% 4.48% 3.10%
Swing New Increase 1.42pp Decrease 0.46pp
Prime Minister before election

Chuan Leekpai
Democrat

 Elected Prime Minister

Banharn Silpa-archa
Chart Thai

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Thai Nation Party12,630,07422.8392+15
Democrat Party12,325,42322.2886+7
New Aspiration Party6,806,62112.3057+6
National Development Party6,612,50411.9553–7
Palang Dharma Party4,209,1357.6123–24
Leading Thai Party3,474,1426.2818New
Thai Citizen Party2,476,2184.4818+15
Social Action Party2,201,2183.98220
Seritham Party1,716,7863.1011+3
Solidarity Party1,361,7192.4680
Mass Party1,309,3812.373–1
Safeguard Thai Party195,8350.350New
Total55,319,056100.00391+31
Valid votes22,784,03097.11
Invalid/blank votes678,7162.89
Total votes23,462,746100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,817,98362.04
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
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Ruth McVey (2000), "Of Greed and Violence and Other Signs of Progress", Money and Power in Provincial Thailand, NIAS Press, p. 27
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