1979 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 22 April 1979. The result was a victory for the Social Action Party, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%.[1]

1979 Thai general election
22 April 1979
All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kukrit Pramoj Thanat Khoman
Party Social Action Party Democrat
Last election 45 114
Seats won 82 33
Seat change 37 81
Popular vote 4,179,174 2,865,248
Percentage 21.1% 14.6%
Prime Minister before election

Kriangsak Chamanan
Military

 Elected Prime Minister

Kriangsak Chamanan
Military

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Social Action Party4,179,17421.2682+37
Democrat Party2,865,24814.5733–81
Thai Nation Party2,213,29911.2638–18
Seritham Party979,3984.9820New
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
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p285 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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