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]
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| Turnout | 43.90% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Social Action Party | 4,179,174 | 21.26 | 82 | +37 | |
| Democrat Party | 2,865,248 | 14.57 | 33 | –81 | |
| Thai Nation Party | 2,213,299 | 11.26 | 38 | –18 | |
| Seritham Party | 979,398 | 4.98 | 20 | New | |
| People's Nation Party | 759,302 | 3.86 | 13 | New | |
| New Force Party | 544,733 | 2.77 | 8 | +5 | |
| Thai Citizen Party | 528,210 | 2.69 | 32 | New | |
| Democratic Action | 274,591 | 1.40 | 3 | New | |
| Social Agrarian Party | 239,122 | 1.22 | 3 | –6 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 162,240 | 0.83 | 0 | New | |
| United Thai Party | 119,046 | 0.61 | 0 | New | |
| Siam Reform Party | 106,916 | 0.54 | 0 | New | |
| Supporting Kriangsak's Policy | 94,425 | 0.48 | 0 | New | |
| Other parties | 397,533 | 2.02 | 6 | – | |
| Independents | 6,197,082 | 31.52 | 63 | New | |
| Total | 19,660,319 | 100.00 | 301 | +22 | |
| Valid votes | 8,937,074 | 95.64 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 406,971 | 4.36 | |||
| Total votes | 9,344,045 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 21,284,790 | 43.90 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
- 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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See also: Election Commission of Thailand | |
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