1996 Thai general election
Results

1996 Thai general election

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

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Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–

Democrat Party	18,087,006	31.8	123	+37

New Aspiration Party	16,585,528	29.1	125	+68

National Development Party	7,044,304	12.4	52	–1

Thai Nation Party	5,621,890	9.9	39	–53

Social Action Party	3,036,544	5.3	20	–2

Thai Citizen Party	2,330,135	4.1	18	0

Palang Dharma Party	1,550,170	2.7	1	–22

Solidarity Party	1,011,299	1.8	8	0

Liberal Party	708,430	1.2	4	–7

Mass Party	680,204	1.2	2	–1

Thai Party	164,464	0.3	1	New

Liberal Democracy Party	56,804	0.1	0	New

Labour Party	40,798	0.1	0	New

Total	56,917,576	100	393	+2

Valid votes	23,438,248	97.4

Invalid/blank votes	632,502	2.6

Total	24,070,750	100

Registered voters/turnout	38,564,593	62.4

Source: Nohlen et al.

Sentence(s)

Although the Democrats received the most votes and won 123 seats, the NAP won 125 seats and became the largest party in the 1996 Thai general election.

final_sentence: Although the Democrats received the most votes and won 123 seats, the NAP won 125 seats and became the largest party in the 1996 Thai general election.