1975 Thai general election

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]

1975 Thai general election

26 January 1975

All 269 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Seni Pramoj Thawit Klinprathum Pramarn Adireksarn
Party Democrat Social Justice Party Chart Thai
Last election 57 seats
Seats won 72 45 28
Seat change 17 New New
Popular vote 3,176,398 2,669,736 2,220,897
Percentage 17.2% 14.5% 12.1%

Prime Minister before election

Sanya Dharmasakti
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Seni Pramoj
Democrat

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party3,176,39817.272+15
Social Justice Party2,669,73614.545New
Thai Nation Party2,220,89712.128New
Social Action Party1,982,16810.818New
Social Agrarian Party1,387,4517.519New
Social Nationalist Party1,299,6137.016New
New Force Party1,113,6536.012New
Socialist Party of Thailand819,4894.415New
Socialist Front672,3133.710New
Peaceful People's Party509,7182.88New
National Reconstruction369,2442.03New
Thai Party313,9041.74New
People's Justice Party297,1021.66New
Democracy283,9901.52New
Sovereign Party141,6070.82New
Labour Party136,7830.71New
Golden Cape Party123,9480.70New
People Party122,0330.70New
Agriculturalist Party116,0620.61New
Thai Earth Party92,9570.52New
Free People's Party84,5990.51New
People's Force67,1270.42New
Economist Party60,9620.31New
Provincial Development Party30,1030.21New
21 other parties343,1641.90
Total18,435,021100269+50
Valid votes9,549,92447.2
Invalid/blank votes1,137,29111.9
Total9,549,924100
Registered voters/turnout20,242,79147.2
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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