Thai general election, 1975

Thai general election, 1975
Thailand
26 January 1975

All 279 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
  First party Second party
 
Leader Seni Pramoj Thawit Klinprathum
Party Democrat Social Justice Party
Last election 57 seats New party
Seats won 72 45
Seat change Increase 17 New party
Percentage 17.2% 14.5%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Pramarn Adireksarn Kukrit Pramoj
Party Chart Thai Social Action Party
Last election New party New party
Seats won 28 18
Seat change New party New party
Percentage 12.1% 10.8%

Prime Minister before election

Sanya Dharmasakti
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Seni Pramoj
Democrat

General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The result was a victory for the new Democrat Party, which won 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47.2%.[1]

Results

Party Position Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat PartyCentre[2] 3,176,39817.272+15
Social Justice PartyRight-wing[2][3] 2,669,73614.545New
Thai Nation PartyRight-wing[2] 2,220,89712.128New
Social Action PartyCentre[2] 1,982,16810.818New
Social Agrarian PartyCentre-right[2] 1,387,4517.519New
Social Nationalist PartyRight-wing[2] 1,299,6137.016New
New Force PartyLeft-wing[2] 1,113,6536.012New
Socialist Party of ThailandLeft-wing[2] 819,4894.415New
Socialist FrontLeft-wing[2] 672,3133.710New
Peaceful People's Party 509,7182.88New
National Reconstruction 369,2442.03New
Thai Party 313,9041.74New
People's Justice Party 297,1021.66New
Democracy 283,9901.52New
Sovereign Party 141,6070.82New
Labour Party 136,7830.71New
Golden Cape Party 123,9480.70New
People Party 122,0330.70New
Agriculturalist Party 116,0620.61New
Thai Earth Party 92,9570.52New
Free People's Party 84,5990.51New
People's Force 67,1270.42New
Economist Party 60,9620.31New
Provincial Development Party 30,1030.21New
21 other parties 343,1641.90
Invalid/blank votes 1,137,291
Total 9,549,924100269+50
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sangchai, Somporn (1979), "Some Observations on the Elections and Coalition Formation in Thailand, 1976", Modern Thai Politics, Transaction Publishers, p. 378
  3. Richardson, Michael (19 April 1976), "Four-party coalition for Thailand", The Age
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