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 Party	3,176,398	17.2	72	+15
Social Justice Party	2,669,736	14.5	45	New
Thai Nation Party	2,220,897	12.1	28	New
Social Action Party	1,982,168	10.8	18	New
Social Agrarian Party	1,387,451	7.5	19	New
Social Nationalist Party	1,299,613	7.0	16	New
New Force Party	1,113,653	6.0	12	New
Socialist Party of Thailand	819,489	4.4	15	New
Socialist Front	672,313	3.7	10	New
Peaceful People's Party	509,718	2.8	8	New
National Reconstruction	369,244	2.0	3	New
Thai Party	313,904	1.7	4	New
People's Justice Party	297,102	1.6	6	New
Democracy	283,990	1.5	2	New
Sovereign Party	141,607	0.8	2	New
Labour Party	136,783	0.7	1	New
Golden Cape Party	123,948	0.7	0	New
People Party	122,033	0.7	0	New
Agriculturalist Party	116,062	0.6	1	New
Thai Earth Party	92,957	0.5	2	New
Free People's Party	84,599	0.5	1	New
People's Force	67,127	0.4	2	New
Economist Party	60,962	0.3	1	New
Provincial Development Party	30,103	0.2	1	New
21 other parties	343,164	1.9	0	–
Total	18,435,021	100	269	+50
Valid votes	9,549,924	47.2
Invalid/blank votes	1,137,291	11.9
Total	9,549,924	100
Registered voters/turnout	20,242,791	47.2
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