1976 Thai general election

1976 Thai general election

4 April 1976
All 279 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
First party Second party Third party   Leader Seni Pramoj Pramarn Adireksarn Kukrit Pramoj Party Democrat Chart Thai Social Action Leader's seat 3,272,170 Last election 17.2%, 72 seats 12.1%, 28 seats 10.8%, 18 seats Seats won 114 56 45 Seat change 42 28 27 Popular vote 4,745,990 3,280,134 3,272,170 Percentage 25.3% 17.5% 17.5%
Prime Minister before election Kukrit Pramoj Social Action Elected Prime Minister 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. A total of 2,350 candidates representing 39 parties contested the election, although voter turnout was only 44.0%. The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 114 of the 279 seats.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democrat Party	4,745,990	25.3	114	+42
Thai Nation Party	3,280,134	17.5	56	+28
Social Action Party	3,272,170	17.5	45	+27
Social Justice Party	1,725,568	9.2	28	–17
New Force Party	1,276,208	6.8	3	–9
People's Force	746,985	4.0	3	+1
Social Agrarian Party	672,259	3.6	9	–10
Social Nationalist Party	642,078	3.4	8	–8
Socialist Party of Thailand	357,385	1.9	2	–13
Dharmacracy Party	264,526	1.4	1	New
Thai Protection Party	223,048	1.2	1	New
United Democratic Front	196,998	1.1	1	New
Labour Party	161,031	0.9	1	0
Social Thai Party	125,037	0.7	1	New
People's Peaceful Party	104,084	0.6	0	–8
Provincial Development Party	100,162	0.5	2	+1
Thai Party	98,487	0.5	1	New
Free Force	95,056	0.5	0	New
National Reconstruction	79,894	0.4	0	–3
New Siam Party	72,664	0.4	1	New
Democracy	59,472	0.3	1	–1
Social Progress Party	25,028	0.1	1	New
Agriculturalist Party	24,987	0.1	0	–1
People Party	11,919	0.1	0	0
15 other parties	215,209	2.5	0	–
Total	18,750,811	100	279	+10
Valid votes	8,619,302	95.0
Invalid/blank votes	453,327	5.0
Total	9,072,629	100
Registered voters/turnout	20,623,430	44.0
Source: Nohlen et al.