1979 Thai general election

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1979 Thai general election

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All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party
  Kukrit Pramoj 1974 (cropped).jpg Thanat Khoman (cropped).jpg
Leader Kukrit Pramoj Thanat Khoman
Party Social Action Party Democrat
Last election 45 114
Seats won 82 33
Seat change Increase37 Decrease81
Popular vote 4,179,174 2,865,248
Percentage 21.1% 14.6%

Prime Minister before election

Kriangsak Chamanan
Military

Elected Prime Minister

Kriangsak Chamanan
Military

General elections were held in Thailand on 22 April 1979. The result was a victory for the Social Action Party, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%.[1]

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Action Party4,179,17421.2682+37
Democrat Party2,865,24814.5733–81
Thai Nation Party2,213,29911.2638–18
979,3984.9820New
759,3023.8613New
New Force Party544,7332.778+5
Thai Citizen Party528,2102.6932New
274,5911.403New
239,1221.223–6
Social Democratic Party162,2400.830New
United Thai Party119,0460.610New
Siam Reform Party106,9160.540New
Supporting Kriangsak's Policy94,4250.480New
Other parties397,5332.026
Independents6,197,08231.5263New
Total19,660,319100.00301+22
Valid votes8,937,07495.64
Invalid/blank votes406,9714.36
Total votes9,344,045100.00
Registered voters/turnout21,284,79043.90
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p285 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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