1976 Thai general election

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1976 Thai general election

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All 279 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
  Seni Pramoj in 1945.jpg ประมาณ อดิเรกสาร.jpg คีกฤทธิ์ ปราโมช.jpg
Leader Seni Pramoj Pramarn Adireksarn Kukrit Pramoj
Party Democrat Chart Thai Social Action Party
Last election 17.2%, 72 seats 12.1%, 28 seats 10.8%, 18 seats
Seats won 114 56 45
Seat change Increase 42 Increase 28 Increase 27
Popular vote 4,745,990 3,280,134 3,272,170
Percentage 25.3% 17.5% 17.5%

Prime Minister before election

Kukrit Pramoj
Social Action Party

Elected Prime Minister

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 44.0%.[2] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 114 of the 279 seats.

Results[]

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
746,9853.983+1
672,2593.599–10
642,0783.428–8
Socialist Party of Thailand357,3851.912–13
264,5261.411New
223,0481.191New
196,9981.051New
Socialist Front174,4320.931–9
Labour Party161,0310.8610
125,0370.671New
104,0840.560–8
100,1620.532+1
98,4870.530–4
Free Force95,0560.510New
79,8940.430–3
72,6640.391New
59,4720.321–1
25,0280.131New
24,9870.130–1
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[]

  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
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