1976 Thai general election

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4 April 1976

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All 279 seats in the House of Representatives
140 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

43.99%

Party	Leader	%	Seats	+/–
Democrat	Seni Pramoj	25.31	114	+42
Chart Thai	Pramarn Adireksarn	17.49	56	+28
Social Action	Kukrit Pramoj	17.45	45	+27
Social Justice	Thawit Klinprathum	9.20	28	−17
New Force Party	Krasae Chanawongse	6.81	3	−9
People's Force		3.98	3	+1
Social Agrarian		3.59	9	−10
Social Nationalist		3.42	8	−8
Socialist Party	Somkid Srisangkom	1.91	2	−13
Dharmacracy		1.41	1	New
Thai Protection		1.19	1	New
United Democratic		1.05	1	New
Socialist Front	Keaw Norapiti	0.93	1	−9
Labour	Seri Suchatapakan	0.86	1	+1
Social Thai		0.67	1	New
Provincial Development		0.53	2	+1
New Siam		0.39	1	New
Democracy		0.32	1	−1
Social Progress		0.13	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Kukrit Pramoj Social Action	Seni Pramoj Democrat

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	25.31	114	+42
	Thai Nation Party	3,280,134	17.49	56	+28
	Social Action Party	3,272,170	17.45	45	+27
	Social Justice Party	1,725,568	9.20	28	–17
	New Force Party	1,276,208	6.81	3	–9
	People's Force	746,985	3.98	3	+1
	Social Agrarian Party	672,259	3.59	9	–10
	Social Nationalist Party	642,078	3.42	8	–8
	Socialist Party of Thailand	357,385	1.91	2	–13
	Dharmacracy Party	264,526	1.41	1	New
	Thai Protection Party	223,048	1.19	1	New
	United Democratic Front	196,998	1.05	1	New
	Socialist Front	174,432	0.93	1	–9
	Labour Party	161,031	0.86	1	0
	Social Thai Party	125,037	0.67	1	New
	People's Peaceful Party	104,084	0.56	0	–8
	Provincial Development Party	100,162	0.53	2	+1
	Thai Party	98,487	0.53	0	–4
	Free Force	95,056	0.51	0	New
	National Reconstruction	79,894	0.43	0	–3
	New Siam Party	72,664	0.39	1	New
	Democracy	59,472	0.32	1	–1
	Social Progress Party	25,028	0.13	1	New
	Agriculturalist Party	24,987	0.13	0	–1
	People Party	11,919	0.06	0	0
	15 other parties	215,209	1.15	0	–
Total		18,750,811	100.00	279	+10

Valid votes		8,619,302	95.00
Invalid/blank votes		453,327	5.00
Total votes		9,072,629	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,623,430	43.99
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

^ Thailand Inter-Parliamentary Union
^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8