1975 Thai general election

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1975 Thai general election

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All 269 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Seni Pramoj Thawit Klinprathum Pramarn Adireksarn
Party Democrat Social Justice Chart Thai
Last election 57 seats
Seats won 72 45 28
Seat change Increase 15 New New
Popular vote 3,176,398 2,669,736 2,220,897
Percentage 17.2% 14.5% 12.1%

Prime Minister before election

Sanya Dharmasakti
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Seni Pramoj
Democrat

General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The result was a victory for the new Democrat Party, which won 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47.2%.[1]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democrat Party3,176,39817.2372+15
Social Justice Party2,669,73614.4845New
Thai Nation Party2,220,89712.0528New
Social Action Party1,982,16810.7518New
1,387,4517.5319New
1,299,6137.0516New
New Force Party1,113,6536.0412New
Socialist Party of Thailand819,4894.4515New
Socialist Front672,3133.6510New
509,7182.768New
369,2442.003New
313,9041.704New
297,1021.616New
283,9901.542New
141,6070.772New
Labour Party136,7830.741New
Golden Cape Party123,9480.670New
People Party122,0330.660New
116,0620.631New
92,9570.502New
84,5990.461New
67,1270.362New
60,9620.331New
30,1030.161New
21 other parties343,1641.860
Total18,435,021100.00269+50
Valid votes8,412,63388.09
Invalid/blank votes1,137,29111.91
Total votes9,549,924100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,242,79147.18
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

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