1988 Thai general election|
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First party
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Second party
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| Leader
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Chatichai Choonhavan
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Siddhi Savetsila
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| Party
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Chart Thai
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Social Action Party
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| Last election
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17.26%, 63 seats
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12.12%, 51 seats
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| Seats won
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87
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54
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| Seat change
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 24
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3
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| Popular vote
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7,612,148
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4,651,161
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| Percentage
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19.29%
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11.79%
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Third party
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Fourth party
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| Leader
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Bhichai Rattakul
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Narong Wongwan
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| Party
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Democrat
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United Thai Party
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| Last election
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22.52%, 100 seats
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4.41%, 19 seats
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| Seats won
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48
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34
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| Seat change
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 52
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15
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| Popular vote
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4,456,077
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3,988,941
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| Percentage
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11.29%
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10.11%
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General elections were held in Thailand on 24 July 1988. The result was a victory for the Thai Nation Party, which won 87 of the 357 seats. Voter turnout was 63.6%.[1]
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Thai Nation Party | 7,612,148 | 19.29 | 87 | +24 |
| Social Action Party | 4,651,161 | 11.79 | 54 | +3 |
| Democrat Party | 4,456,077 | 11.29 | 48 | –52 |
| United Thai Party | 3,988,941 | 10.11 | 34 | +15 |
| Palang Dharma Party | 3,586,878 | 9.09 | 14 | New |
| Thai People Party | 3,143,851 | 7.97 | 17 | +16 |
| Rak Thai | 2,454,870 | 6.22 | 19 | +19 |
| Thai Citizen Party | 2,413,520 | 6.12 | 31 | +7 |
| People Party | 2,336,962 | 5.92 | 21 | +3 |
| Community Action | 1,127,418 | 2.86 | 9 | –6 |
| Progress Party | 1,114,468 | 2.82 | 8 | –1 |
| United Democrat Party | 810,547 | 2.05 | 6 | –32 |
| Liberal Party | 690,486 | 1.75 | 3 | +2 |
| Mass Party | 622,933 | 1.58 | 5 | +2 |
| Social Democratic Force | 273,932 | 0.69 | 1 | New |
| Thai Agro Industry | 179,563 | 0.46 | 0 | New |
| Total | 39,463,755 | 100.00 | 357 | +10 |
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| Valid votes | 16,350,143 | 96.49 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 594,788 | 3.51 | |
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| Total votes | 16,944,931 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 26,658,638 | 63.56 | |
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| Source: Nohlen et al. |
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