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 |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Democrat Party | 3,176,398 | 17.2 | 72 | +15 |
| Social Justice Party | 2,669,736 | 14.5 | 45 | New |
| Thai Nation Party | 2,220,897 | 12.1 | 28 | New |
| Social Action Party | 1,982,168 | 10.8 | 18 | New |
| Social Agrarian Party | 1,387,451 | 7.5 | 19 | New |
| Social Nationalist Party | 1,299,613 | 7.0 | 16 | New |
| New Force Party | 1,113,653 | 6.0 | 12 | New |
| Socialist Party of Thailand | 819,489 | 4.4 | 15 | New |
| Socialist Front | 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 | – |
| Total | 18,435,021 | 100 | 269 | +50 |
|
| Valid votes | 9,549,924 | 47.2 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,137,291 | 11.9 |
| Total | 9,549,924 | 100 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 20,242,791 | 47.2 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284
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