1979 Thai general election

1979 Thai general election
22 April 1979
All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.90% ( 0.09pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 21.26 82 +37
Democrat Seni Pramoj 14.57 33 −81
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 11.26 38 −18
Seritham 4.98 20 New
People's Nation 3.86 13 New
New Force Party 2.77 8 +5
Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 2.69 32 New
Democratic Action 1.40 3 New
Social Agrarian 1.22 3 −6
Other parties – 2.02 6
Independents – 31.52 63 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime 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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Action Party4,179,17421.2682+37
Democrat Party2,865,24814.5733–81
Thai Nation Party2,213,29911.2638–18
Seritham Party979,3984.9820New
People's Nation Party759,3023.8613New
New Force Party544,7332.778+5
Thai Citizen Party528,2102.6932New
Democratic Action274,5911.403New
Social Agrarian Party239,1221.223–6
Social Democratic Party162,2400.830New
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
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