1975 Thai general election
Thailand
26 January 1975

All 269 seats in the House of Representatives
135 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.18%
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Democrat Seni Pramoj 17.23 72 +15
Social Justice Thawit Klinprathum 14.48 45 New
Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 12.05 28 New
Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 10.75 18 New
Social Agrarian 7.53 19 New
Social Nationalist 7.05 16 New
New Force Party Krasae Chanawongse 6.04 12 New
Socialist Party Boonsanong Punyodyana 4.45 15 New
Socialist Front Keaw Norapiti 3.65 10 New
Peaceful People's 2.76 8 New
National Reconstruction 2.00 3 New
Thai Party 1.70 4 New
People's Justice 1.61 6 New
Democracy 1.54 2 New
Sovereign 0.77 2 New
Labour Seri Suchatapakan 0.74 1 New
Agriculturalist 0.63 1 New
Thai Earth 0.50 2 New
Free People's 0.46 1 New
People's Force 0.36 2 New
Economist Thep Chotnuchit 0.33 1 New
Provincial Development 0.16 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Sanya Dharmasakti
Independent
Seni Pramoj
Democrat

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

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democrat Party3,176,39817.2372+15
Social Justice Party2,669,73614.4845New
Thai Nation Party2,220,89712.0528New
Social Action Party1,982,16810.7518New
Social Agrarian Party1,387,4517.5319New
Social Nationalist Party1,299,6137.0516New
New Force Party1,113,6536.0412New
Socialist Party of Thailand819,4894.4515New
Socialist Front672,3133.6510New
Peaceful People's Party509,7182.768New
National Reconstruction369,2442.003New
Thai Party313,9041.704New
People's Justice Party297,1021.616New
Democracy283,9901.542New
Sovereign Party141,6070.772New
Labour Party136,7830.741New
Golden Cape Party123,9480.670New
People Party122,0330.660New
Agriculturalist Party116,0620.631New
Thai Earth Party92,9570.502New
Free People's Party84,5990.461New
People's Force67,1270.362New
Economist Party60,9620.331New
Provincial Development Party30,1030.161New
21 other parties343,1641.860
Total18,435,021100.00269+50
Valid votes8,412,63388.09
Invalid/blank votes1,137,29111.91
Total votes9,549,924100.00
Registered voters/turnout20,242,79147.18
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. 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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