1976 Thai general election

1976 Thai general election

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All 279 seats in the House of Representatives 140 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.99%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Democrat Seni Pramoj 25.31 114 +42 Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 17.49 56 +28 Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 17.45 45 +27 Social Justice Thawit Klinprathum 9.20 28 −17 New Force Party Krasae Chanawongse 6.81 3 −9 People's Force 3.98 3 +1 Social Agrarian 3.59 9 −10 Social Nationalist 3.42 8 −8 Socialist Party Somkid Srisangkom 1.91 2 −13 Dharmacracy 1.41 1 New Thai Protection 1.19 1 New United Democratic 1.05 1 New Socialist Front Keaw Norapiti 0.93 1 −9 Labour Seri Suchatapakan 0.86 1 +1 Social Thai 0.67 1 New Provincial Development 0.53 2 +1 New Siam 0.39 1 New Democracy 0.32 1 −1 Social Progress 0.13 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Kukrit Pramoj Social Action Seni Pramoj Democrat

Early general elections were held in Thailand on 4 April 1976 after the House of Representatives had been dissolved prematurely on 12 January.^[1] A total of 2,350 candidates representing 39 parties contested the election, although voter turnout was only 44%.^[2] The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 279 seats.