General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47%. [1]
General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47%. [1]
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Democrat Party | 3,176,398 | 17.23 | 72 | +15 | |
| Social Justice Party | 2,669,736 | 14.48 | 45 | New | |
| Thai Nation Party | 2,220,897 | 12.05 | 28 | New | |
| Social Action Party | 1,982,168 | 10.75 | 18 | New | |
| Social Agrarian Party | 1,387,451 | 7.53 | 19 | New | |
| Social Nationalist Party | 1,299,613 | 7.05 | 16 | New | |
| New Force Party | 1,113,653 | 6.04 | 12 | New | |
| Socialist Party of Thailand | 819,489 | 4.45 | 15 | New | |
| Socialist Front | 672,313 | 3.65 | 10 | New | |
| Peaceful People's Party | 509,718 | 2.76 | 8 | New | |
| National Reconstruction | 369,244 | 2.00 | 3 | New | |
| Thai Party | 313,904 | 1.70 | 4 | New | |
| People's Justice Party | 297,102 | 1.61 | 6 | New | |
| Democracy | 283,990 | 1.54 | 2 | New | |
| Sovereign Party | 141,607 | 0.77 | 2 | New | |
| Labour Party | 136,783 | 0.74 | 1 | New | |
| Golden Cape Party | 123,948 | 0.67 | 0 | New | |
| People Party | 122,033 | 0.66 | 0 | New | |
| Agriculturalist Party | 116,062 | 0.63 | 1 | New | |
| Thai Earth Party | 92,957 | 0.50 | 2 | New | |
| Free People's Party | 84,599 | 0.46 | 1 | New | |
| People's Force | 67,127 | 0.36 | 2 | New | |
| Economist Party | 60,962 | 0.33 | 1 | New | |
| Provincial Development Party | 30,103 | 0.16 | 1 | New | |
| 21 other parties | 343,164 | 1.86 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 18,435,021 | 100.00 | 269 | +50 | |
| Valid votes | 8,412,633 | 88.09 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,137,291 | 11.91 | |||
| Total votes | 9,549,924 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,242,791 | 47.18 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
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