Thai general election, 1976

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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.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Democrat Party 4,745,990 25.3 114 +42
Thai Nation Party 3,280,134 17.5 56 +28
Social Action Party 3,272,170 17.5 45 +27
Social Justice Party 1,725,568 9.2 28 -17
New Force Party 1,276,208 6.8 3 -9
People's Force 746,985 4.0 3 +1
Social Agrarian Party 672,259 3.6 9 -10
Social Nationalist Party 642,078 3.4 8 -8
Socialist Party of Thailand 357,385 1.9 2 -13
Dharmacracy Party 264,526 1.4 1 New
Thai Protection Party 223,048 1.2 1 New
United Democratic Front 196,998 1.1 1 New
Labour Party 161,031 0.9 1 0
Social Thai Party 125,037 0.7 1 New
People's Peaceful Party 104,084 0.6 0 -8
Provincial Development Party 100,162 0.5 2 +1
Thai Party 98,487 0.5 1 New
Free Force 95,056 0.5 0 New
National Reconstruction 79,894 0.4 0 -3
New Siam Party 72,664 0.4 1 New
Democracy 59,472 0.3 1 -1
Social Progress Party 25,028 0.1 1 New
Agriculturalist Party 24,987 0.1 0 -1
People Party 11,919 0.1 0 0
15 other parties 215,209 2.5 0 -
Invalid/blank votes 453,327 - - -
Total 9,072,629 100 279 +10
Source: Nohlen et al

References

  1. ^ Thailand Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0199249598