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1976 Thai general election

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1976 Thai general election
Thailand
← 1975 4 April 1976 1979 →

All 279 seats in the House of Representatives
140 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.99%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Democrat Seni Pramoj 25.31 114 +42
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 17.49 56 +28
Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 17.45 45 +27
Social Justice Thawit Klinprathum 9.20 28 −17
New Force Party Krasae Chanawongse 6.81 3 −9
People's Force 3.98 3 +1
Social Agrarian 3.59 9 −10
Social Nationalist 3.42 8 −8
Socialist Party Somkid Srisangkom 1.91 2 −13
Dharmacracy 1.41 1 New
Thai Protection 1.19 1 New
United Democratic 1.05 1 New
Socialist Front Keaw Norapiti 0.93 1 −9
Labour Seri Suchatapakan 0.86 1 +1
Social Thai 0.67 1 New
Provincial Development 0.53 2 +1
New Siam 0.39 1 New
Democracy 0.32 1 −1
Social Progress 0.13 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Kukrit Pramoj
Social Action
Seni Pramoj
Democrat

Early general elections were held in Thailand on 4 April 1976 after the House of Representatives had been dissolved prematurely on 12 January.[1] A total of 2,350 candidates representing 39 parties contested the election, although voter turnout was only 44%.[2] The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 279 seats.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democrat Party4,745,99025.31114+42
Thai Nation Party3,280,13417.4956+28
Social Action Party3,272,17017.4545+27
Social Justice Party1,725,5689.2028–17
New Force Party1,276,2086.813–9
People's Force746,9853.983+1
Social Agrarian Party672,2593.599–10
Social Nationalist Party642,0783.428–8
Socialist Party of Thailand357,3851.912–13
Dharmacracy Party264,5261.411New
Thai Protection Party223,0481.191New
United Democratic Front196,9981.051New
Socialist Front174,4320.931–9
Labour Party161,0310.8610
Social Thai Party125,0370.671New
People's Peaceful Party104,0840.560–8
Provincial Development Party100,1620.532+1
Thai Party98,4870.530–4
Free Force95,0560.510New
National Reconstruction79,8940.430–3
New Siam Party72,6640.391New
Democracy59,4720.321–1
Social Progress Party25,0280.131New
Agriculturalist Party24,9870.130–1
People Party11,9190.0600
15 other parties215,2091.150
Total18,750,811100.00279+10
Valid votes8,619,30295.00
Invalid/blank votes453,3275.00
Total votes9,072,629100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,623,43043.99
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  1. ^ Thailand Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8