1988 Thai General Election
24 July 1988 · The Prem years · 357 seats, 179 for a majority
Thai Nation Party finished first with 87 of 357 seats on 19.3% of the vote. Turnout 63.6%. Chatichai Choonhavan replaced Prem Tinsulanonda.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1978–1989). Conflicts →
Prime Minister before
Prem Tinsulanonda
Independent
Prime Minister after
Chatichai Choonhavan
Chart Thai
Largest force
Thai Nation Party
87 of 357 seats
Turnout
63.6%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thai Nation Party | — | 87 | +24 | 7,612,148 | 19.3% | — | |
| Social Action Party | — | 54 | +3 | 4,651,161 | 11.8% | — | |
| Democrat Party | — | 48 | -52 | 4,456,077 | 11.3% | — | |
| Ruam Thai Party | — | 34 | +15 | 3,988,941 | 10.1% | — | |
| Palang Dharma Party | — | 14 | — | 3,586,878 | 9.1% | — | |
| Thai People Party | — | 17 | +16 | 3,143,851 | 8.0% | — | |
| People's | — | 19 | +19 | 2,454,870 | 6.2% | — | |
| Thai Citizen Party | — | 31 | +7 | 2,413,520 | 6.1% | — | |
| People Party | — | 21 | +3 | 2,336,962 | 5.9% | — | |
| Community Action | — | 9 | -6 | 1,127,418 | 2.9% | — | |
| Progress Party | — | 8 | -1 | 1,114,468 | 2.8% | — | |
| United Democrat Party | — | 6 | -32 | 810,547 | 2.0% | — | |
| Liberal Party | — | 3 | +2 | 690,486 | 1.8% | — | |
| Mass Party | — | 5 | +2 | 622,933 | 1.6% | — | |
| Social Democratic Force | — | 1 | — | 273,932 | 0.7% | — | |
| Thai Agro Industry | — | 0 | — | 179,563 | 0.5% | — |