1979 Thai general election

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1979 Thai general election
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  1976 22 April 1979 1983  

All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.90% (Decrease2.svg 0.09pp)
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 21.2682+37
Democrat Seni Pramoj 14.5733−81
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 11.2638−18
Seritham  [ th ]4.9820New
People's Nation 3.8613New
New Force Party 2.778+5
Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 2.6932New
Democratic Action 1.403New
Social Agrarian 1.223−6
Other parties2.026
Independents 31.5263New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Kriangsak Chamanan
Independent
Kriangsak Chamanan
Independent

General elections were held in Thailand on 22 April 1979. The Social Action Party emerged as the largest party, winning 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%. [1]

Results

13th Thailand House of Representatives composition (1979).svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Action Party 4,179,17421.2682+37
Democrat Party 2,865,24814.5733–81
Thai Nation Party 2,213,29911.2638–18
Seritham Party  [ th ]979,3984.9820New
People's Nation Party 759,3023.8613New
New Force Party 544,7332.778+5
Thai Citizen Party 528,2102.6932New
Democratic Action 274,5911.403New
Social Agrarian Party 239,1221.223–6
Social Democratic Party 162,2400.830New
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