1975 Thai general election

1975 Thai general election
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All 269 seats in the House of Representatives
135 seats needed for a majority
Registered20,242,791
Turnout47.18%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Seni Pramoj Thawit Klinprathum Pramarn Adireksarn
Party Democrat Social Justice Chart Thai
Last election 57 seats – –
Seats won 72 45 28
Seat change Increase 17 New New
Popular vote 3,176,398 2,669,736 2,220,897
Percentage 17.23% 14.48% 12.05%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Sawet Piamphongsant Kukrit Pramoj Prasit Kanchanawat
Party Social Agrarian Social Action Social Nationalist
Seats won 19 18 16
Popular vote 1,387,451 1,982,168 1,299,613
Percentage 7.53% 10.75% 7.05%
Prime Minister before election

Sanya Dharmasakti
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Seni Pramoj
Democrat

General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives with 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47%.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8