Thai general election, 1979

Thai general election, 1979
22 April 1979
All 301 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand

  First party Second party
 
Leader Kukrit Pramoj Thanat Khoman
Party Social Action Party Democrat Party
Last election 45 114
Seats won 82 33
Seat change Increase37 Decrease81
Percentage 21.1% 14.6%
Prime Minister before election

Kriangsak Chamanan
Military

 Elected Prime Minister

Kriangsak Chamanan
National Democrat

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General elections were held in Thailand on 22 April 1979. The result was a victory for the Social Action Party, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Action Party4,179,17421.182+37
Democrat Party2,865,24814.633–81
Thai Nation Party2,213,29911.338–18
Liberal Party979,3985.020New
People's Nation Party759,3023.913New
New Force Party544,7332.88+5
Thai Citizen Party528,2102.732New
Democratic Action274,5911.43New
Social Agrarian Party239,1221.23–6
Social Democratic Party162,2400.80New
United Thai Party119,0460.60New
Siam Reform Party106,9160.50New
Supporting Kriangsak's Policy94,4250.50New
Other parties397,5332.06–
Independents6,197,08231.563New
Total19,660,319100301+22
Valid votes8,937,07495.6
Invalid/blank votes406,9714.4
Total9,344,045100
Registered voters/turnout21,284,79043.9
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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