1996 Thai General Election
17 November 1996 · Black May, and its rerun · 393 seats, 197 for a majority
New Aspiration Party finished first with 125 of 393 seats on 29.1% of the vote. Turnout 62.4%. Chavalit Yongchaiyudh replaced Banharn Silpa-archa.
Prime Minister before
Banharn Silpa-archa
Chart Thai
Prime Minister after
Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
New Aspiration
Largest force
New Aspiration Party
125 of 393 seats
Turnout
62.4%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat Party | — | 123 | +37 | 18,087,006 | 31.8% | — | |
| New Aspiration Party | — | 125 | +68 | 16,585,528 | 29.1% | — | |
| National Development Party | — | 52 | -1 | 7,044,304 | 12.4% | — | |
| Thai Nation Party | — | 39 | -53 | 5,621,890 | 9.9% | — | |
| Social Action Party | — | 20 | -2 | 3,036,544 | 5.3% | — | |
| Thai Citizen Party | — | 18 | 0 | 2,330,135 | 4.1% | — | |
| Palang Dharma Party | — | 1 | -22 | 1,550,170 | 2.7% | — | |
| Solidarity Party | — | 8 | 0 | 1,011,299 | 1.8% | — | |
| Seritham Party | — | 4 | -7 | 708,430 | 1.2% | — | |
| Mass Party | — | 2 | -1 | 680,204 | 1.2% | — | |
| Thai Party | — | 1 | — | 164,464 | 0.3% | — | |
| Liberal Democracy Party | — | 0 | — | 56,804 | 0.1% | — | |
| Labour Party | — | 0 | — | 40,798 | 0.1% | — |