1976 Thai general election

Early general elections were held in Thailand on 4 April 1976 after the House of Representatives had been dissolved prematurely on 12 January.[1] A total of 2,350 candidates representing 39 parties contested the election, although voter turnout was only 44.0%.[2] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 114 of the 279 seats.

1976 Thai general election

4 April 1976

All 279 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Seni Pramoj Pramarn Adireksarn Kukrit Pramoj
Party Democrat Chart Thai Social Action Party
Leader's seat 3,272,170
Last election 17.2%, 72 seats 12.1%, 28 seats 10.8%, 18 seats
Seats won 114 56 45
Seat change 42 28 27
Popular vote 4,745,990 3,280,134 3,272,170
Percentage 25.3% 17.5% 17.5%

Prime Minister before election

Kukrit Pramoj
Social Action Party

Elected Prime Minister

Seni Pramoj
Democrat

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party4,745,99025.3114+42
Thai Nation Party3,280,13417.556+28
Social Action Party3,272,17017.545+27
Social Justice Party1,725,5689.228–17
New Force Party1,276,2086.83–9
People's Force746,9854.03+1
Social Agrarian Party672,2593.69–10
Social Nationalist Party642,0783.48–8
Socialist Party of Thailand357,3851.92–13
Dharmacracy Party264,5261.41New
Thai Protection Party223,0481.21New
United Democratic Front196,9981.11New
Labour Party161,0310.910
Social Thai Party125,0370.71New
People's Peaceful Party104,0840.60–8
Provincial Development Party100,1620.52+1
Thai Party98,4870.51New
Free Force95,0560.50New
National Reconstruction79,8940.40–3
New Siam Party72,6640.41New
Democracy59,4720.31–1
Social Progress Party25,0280.11New
Agriculturalist Party24,9870.10–1
People Party11,9190.100
15 other parties215,2092.50
Total18,750,811100279+10
Valid votes8,619,30295.0
Invalid/blank votes453,3275.0
Total9,072,629100
Registered voters/turnout20,623,43044.0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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