2000 Thai Senate election

2000 Thai senate election

4 March 2000

All 200 seats in the Senate

Turnout

72.08%

Party	%	Seats
Independents	96.26	200

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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Senate elections were held for the first time in Thailand on 4 March 2000. All candidates ran as independents, as they were forbidden from running on a party ticket.^[1]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents	27,675,577	96.26	200
Against all		1,075,903	3.74	–
Total		28,751,480	100.00	200

Valid votes		28,751,480	93.70
Invalid/blank votes		1,932,560	6.30
Total votes		30,684,040	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		42,567,111	72.08
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p299 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

Elections and referendums in Thailand
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See also: Election Commission of Thailand

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