Thai general election, 1975
Thai general election, 1975
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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 Party | Centre[2] | 3,176,398 | 17.2 | 72 | +15 |
Social Justice Party | Right-wing[2][3] | 2,669,736 | 14.5 | 45 | New |
Thai Nation Party | Right-wing[2] | 2,220,897 | 12.1 | 28 | New |
Social Action Party | Centre[2] | 1,982,168 | 10.8 | 18 | New |
Social Agrarian Party | Centre-right[2] | 1,387,451 | 7.5 | 19 | New |
Social Nationalist Party | Right-wing[2] | 1,299,613 | 7.0 | 16 | New |
New Force Party | Left-wing[2] | 1,113,653 | 6.0 | 12 | New |
Socialist Party of Thailand | Left-wing[2] | 819,489 | 4.4 | 15 | New |
Socialist Front | Left-wing[2] | 672,313 | 3.7 | 10 | New |
Peaceful People's Party | | 509,718 | 2.8 | 8 | New |
National Reconstruction | | 369,244 | 2.0 | 3 | New |
Thai Party | | 313,904 | 1.7 | 4 | New |
People's Justice Party | | 297,102 | 1.6 | 6 | New |
Democracy | | 283,990 | 1.5 | 2 | New |
Sovereign Party | | 141,607 | 0.8 | 2 | New |
Labour Party | | 136,783 | 0.7 | 1 | New |
Golden Cape Party | | 123,948 | 0.7 | 0 | New |
People Party | | 122,033 | 0.7 | 0 | New |
Agriculturalist Party | | 116,062 | 0.6 | 1 | New |
Thai Earth Party | | 92,957 | 0.5 | 2 | New |
Free People's Party | | 84,599 | 0.5 | 1 | New |
People's Force | | 67,127 | 0.4 | 2 | New |
Economist Party | | 60,962 | 0.3 | 1 | New |
Provincial Development Party | | 30,103 | 0.2 | 1 | New |
21 other parties | | 343,164 | 1.9 | 0 | – |
Invalid/blank votes | | 1,137,291 | – | – | – |
Total | | 9,549,924 | 100 | 269 | +50 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- 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
- ↑ Richardson, Michael (19 April 1976), "Four-party coalition for Thailand", The Age