1979 Thai general election

1979 Thai general election

22 April 1979
All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 seats needed for a majority
Registered	21,284,790
Turnout	43.90% ( 0.09pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Kukrit Pramoj Pramarn Adireksarn Seni Pramoj Party Social Action Chart Thai Democrat Last election 17.45%, 45 seats 17.49%, 56 seats 25.31%, 114 seats Seats won 82 38 33 Seat change 37 18 81 Popular vote 4,179,174 2,213,299 2,865,248 Percentage 21.26% 11.26% 14.57%
Prime Minister before election Kriangsak Chamanan Independent Elected Prime Minister Kriangsak Chamanan Independent

General elections were held in Thailand on 22 April 1979. The Social Action Party emerged as the largest party, winning 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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.