Thai general election, 1975

Thai general election, 1975

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 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 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

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
2. 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