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1979 Thai general election

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1979 Thai general election
Thailand
← 1976 22 April 1979 1983 →

All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.90% (Decrease 0.09pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 21.26 82 +37
Democrat Thanat Khoman 14.57 33 −81
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 11.26 38 −18
Seritham [th] 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

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Action Party4,179,17421.2682+37
Democrat Party2,865,24814.5733–81
Thai Nation Party2,213,29911.2638–18
Seritham Party [th]979,3984.9820New
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

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p285 ISBN 0-19-924959-8