1975 Thai general election

1975 Thai general election

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All 269 seats in the House of Representatives 135 seats needed for a majority
Registered	20,242,791
Turnout	47.18% ( 1.98pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Seni Pramoj Thawit Klinprathum Pramarn Adireksarn Party Democrat Social Justice Chart Thai Last election 57 seats – – Seats won 72 45 28 Seat change 17 New New Popular vote 3,176,398 2,669,736 2,220,897 Percentage 17.23% 14.48% 12.05%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Sawet Piamphongsant Kukrit Pramoj Prasit Kanchanawat Party Social Agrarian Social Action Social Nationalist Seats won 19 18 16 Popular vote 1,387,451 1,982,168 1,299,613 Percentage 7.53% 10.75% 7.05%   Seventh party Eighth party   SPT Leader Somkid Srisangkom Krasae Chanawongse Party Socialist Party New Force Party Seats won 15 12 Popular vote 819,489 1,113,653 Percentage 4.45% 6.04%
Prime Minister before election Sanya Dharmasakti Independent Elected Prime Minister Seni Pramoj Democrat

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]

Results

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  [ th ]	1,387,451	7.53	19	New
	Social Nationalist Party  [ th ]	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  [ th ]	509,718	2.76	8	New
	National Reconstruction  [ th ]	369,244	2.00	3	New
	Thai Party  [ th ]	313,904	1.70	4	New
	People's Justice Party  [ th ]	297,102	1.61	6	New
	Democracy  [ th ]	283,990	1.54	2	New
	Sovereign Party  [ th ]	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  [ th ]	116,062	0.63	1	New
	Thai Earth Party  [ th ]	92,957	0.50	2	New
	Free People's Party  [ th ]	84,599	0.46	1	New
	People's Force  [ th ]	67,127	0.36	2	New
	Economist Party  [ th ]	60,962	0.33	1	New
	Provincial Development Party  [ th ]	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.

Aftermath

Following the elections, Seni Pramoj of the Democrat Party was appointed Prime Minister for a second term by a resolution of the House of Representatives by a vote of 133 to 52 on 15 February 1975, with Pramoj leading a minority government. However, on 6 March 1975 the House of Representatives passed a motion of no confidence by a vote of 152 to 111 with six abstentions. Subsequently a new vote was held to choose a prime minister, with Kukrit Pramoj of the Social Action Party elected by a vote of 135 to 59, with 75 abstentions. He took over as prime minister on 14 March.

References

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