Government1 (Thailand)
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     Elections:
       House of Representatives:
         last held 22 March 1992 (next to be held by NA); results - percent of vote
         by party NA; seats - (360 total) Samakki Tham 79, Chart Thai Party 74, New
         Aspiration Party 72, DP 44, Palang Dharma 41, SAP 31, TCP 7, Solidarity
         Party 6, Rassadorn 4, Muanchon 1, Puangchon Chotahi 1
     Communists:
         illegal Communist party has 500 to 1,000 members; armed Communist insurgents
         throughout Thailand total 200 (est.)
     Member of:
         APEC, AsDB, ASEAN, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
         ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO,
         ITU, LORCS, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador-designate PHIRAPHONG Kasemsi; Embassy at 2300 Kalorama Road NW,
         Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 483-7200; there are Thai Consulates
         General in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York
       US:
         Ambassador David F. LAMBERTSON; Embassy at 95 Wireless Road, Bangkok
         (mailing address is APO AP 96546); telephone [66] (2) 252-5040; FAX [66] (2)
         254-2990; there is a US Consulate General in Chiang Mai and Consulates in
         Songkhla and Udorn
     Flag:
         five horizontal bands of red (top), white, blue (double width), white, and
         red