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General elections were held in
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on 22 March 1992, the first after the
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overthrew the elected government of
Chatichai Choonhavan Chatichai Choonhavan (; , ; 5 April 1920 – 6 May 1998) was a Thai army officer, diplomat and politician. From 1986 to 1991, he was the chairman of the Thai Nation Party and served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from August 1988 until the 1 ...
in a coup on 23 February 1991. A total of 15 parties and 2,185 candidates contested the 360 seats. The
Justice Unity Party The Justice Unity Party (, ), which later changed its name to the Liberal Party (, ), was a Thai pro-military and conservative political party established after the military coup d'état of 1991. It represented the interests of the military, bur ...
emerged as the largest party in the
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with 79 seats despite receiving fewer votes than the
New Aspiration Party The New Aspiration Party () is a political party in Thailand. The party was established in 1990 by General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh after his retirement as Commander-In-Chief of the Royal Thai Army. This party won the elections of 1996 and formed ...
. Voter turnout was 59%.


Results

The
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was very successful, especially in the Bangkok area where it won 32 of the 35 seats, many famous politicians were not elected, such as Police Captain
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, the
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leader. (currently affiliated with the
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),
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, Pramote Sukhum,
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,
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from the Democrat Party. And it was considered the first political role of a new politician who later became an important player in politics, namely
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, later the former party leader and former the 27th prime minister, who was the only MP from the Democrat Party in Bangkok and
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from the Palang Dharma Party is now the
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leader.


Aftermath

In the first tier, the Justice Unity Party successfully supported Dr. Arthit Ourairat, who was a MPs of the party, to become Speaker of the House of Representatives, an important position because of his position as Speaker of the National Assembly which is to lead the list of prime minister present to His Majesty and signed in response to the Royal Command appointment of the prime minister. Both before and after this election the media went to interview General
Suchinda Kraprayoon Suchinda Kraprayoon (, ; 6 August 193310 June 2025) was a Thai army general and politician who was Prime Minister of Thailand for several weeks in 1992. As the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army (1990–1992), Suchinda led the 1991 T ...
, who was the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army and the Supreme Commander deputy leader of the
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many times whether to be prime minister or not which General Suchinda Has clearly refused to accept the position of prime minister. this gave Narong Wongwan, the leader of the Justice Unity Party with the highest votes, a chance to become prime minister, but it appears that the United States had refused to issue a visa to him due to suspicion that he was involved in a drug trafficking ring,Srimuang, p3 in which case, Narong Wongwan has completely denied this news and that this news is deliberately fabricated to discourage himself becoming prime minister. The Justice Unity Party won the most seats, 79 seats out of a total of 360 seats, less than half of the House of Representatives causing the formation of a coalition government with the support from 4 political parties, including 5 coalition parties, namely Justice Unity Party (79),
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(74),
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(31),
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(7), and People Party (4), totaling 195 government MPs. While the opposition party consists of 6 parties, namely
New Aspiration Party The New Aspiration Party () is a political party in Thailand. The party was established in 1990 by General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh after his retirement as Commander-In-Chief of the Royal Thai Army. This party won the elections of 1996 and formed ...
(72), Democrat Party (44),
Palang Dharma Party The Palang Dharma Party (, ; translated as "power of Dharma", or "moral force", PDP for short) was a Buddhism, Buddhist-inspired List of political parties in Thailand, political party in Thailand founded by Chamlong Srimuang in 1988, associated wi ...
(41), Solidarity Party (6), Thai People's Party (1) and
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(1) in total of 165 MPs for the opposition party. Later, General Suchinda Kraprayoon, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army and Supreme Commander was invited as prime minister instead of Narong Wongwan by royal command appointed on Monday, April 7, 1992, but announced his resignation on Saturday, May 24, 1992 after the Black May incident, holding office for only 47 days. After the Black May incident, many parties speculated that Air Chief Marshal Somboon Rahong, leader of the Thai Nation Party which has the second most elected MPs, will become the new prime minister. Eventually, Dr. Arthit Ourairat, the Speaker of the National Assembly, nominated the previous prime minister,
Anand Panyarachun Anand Panyarachun (, , ; born 9 August 1932) is a Thai retired politician who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand for two terms, first from 1991 to 1992 and again for a brief period during the latter half of 1992. He was effective in init ...
, to return to the position of prime minister for a second term to prepare for a new election with a royal command appointed on Tuesday 10 June 1992. As for the Justice Unity Party, after the new prime minister, Narong Wongwan, the party's leader resigned, causing the party's executive committee to vacate the entire board. Most of the former party executive committees have decided to resign from party membership to form a new political party or move to other political parties. The remaining ex-executive committee members, including Narong, held a general meeting to change the party's name to Liberal Party and elect a new party executive committee in July 1992, but shortly thereafter. during August all party executive committees decided to resign from party membership. Before Supreme Court an order to dissolve the party later.


References

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