1975 Thai general election

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26 January 1975

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All 269 seats in the House of Representatives
135 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

47.18%

Party	Leader	%	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 Democrat Party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives with 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47%.^[1]

Following the elections, Seni Pramoj of the Democrat Party was appointed Prime Minister for a second term by a resolution of the House of Representatives by a vote of 133 to 52 on 15 February 1975, with Pramoj leading a minority government. However, on 6 March 1975 the House of Representatives passed a motion of no confidence by a vote of 152 to 111 with six abstentions. Subsequently a new vote was held to choose a Prime Minister, with Kukrit Pramoj of the Social Action Party elected by a vote of 135 to 59, with 75 abstentions. He took over as Prime Minister on 14 March.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democrat Party	3,176,398	17.23	72	+15
	Social Justice Party	2,669,736	14.48	45	New
	Thai Nation Party	2,220,897	12.05	28	New
	Social Action Party	1,982,168	10.75	18	New
	Social Agrarian Party	1,387,451	7.53	19	New
	Social Nationalist Party	1,299,613	7.05	16	New
	New Force Party	1,113,653	6.04	12	New
	Socialist Party of Thailand	819,489	4.45	15	New
	Socialist Front	672,313	3.65	10	New
	Peaceful People's Party	509,718	2.76	8	New
	National Reconstruction	369,244	2.00	3	New
	Thai Party	313,904	1.70	4	New
	People's Justice Party	297,102	1.61	6	New
	Democracy	283,990	1.54	2	New
	Sovereign Party	141,607	0.77	2	New
	Labour Party	136,783	0.74	1	New
	Golden Cape Party	123,948	0.67	0	New
	People Party	122,033	0.66	0	New
	Agriculturalist Party	116,062	0.63	1	New
	Thai Earth Party	92,957	0.50	2	New
	Free People's Party	84,599	0.46	1	New
	People's Force	67,127	0.36	2	New
	Economist Party	60,962	0.33	1	New
	Provincial Development Party	30,103	0.16	1	New
	21 other parties	343,164	1.86	0	–
Total		18,435,021	100.00	269	+50

Valid votes		8,412,633	88.09
Invalid/blank votes		1,137,291	11.91
Total votes		9,549,924	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,242,791	47.18
Source: Nohlen et al.