Thai general election, 1979

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General elections were held in Thailand on 22 April 1979. The result was a victory for the Social Action Party, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Social Action Party	4,179,174	21.1	82	+37
Democrat Party	2,865,248	14.6	33	–81
Thai Nation Party	2,213,299	11.3	38	–18
Liberal Party	979,398	5.0	20	New
People's Nation Party	759,302	3.9	13	New
New Force Party	544,733	2.8	8	+5
Thai Citizen Party	528,210	2.7	32	New
Democratic Action	274,591	1.4	3	New
Social Agrarian Party	239,122	1.2	3	–6
Social Democratic Party	162,240	0.8	0	New
United Thai Party	119,046	0.6	0	New
Siam Reform Party	106,916	0.5	0	New
Supporting Kriangsak's Policy	94,425	0.5	0	New
Other parties	397,533	6	–
Independents	6,197,082	31.5	63	New
Invalid/blank votes	406,971	–	–	–
Total	9,344,045	100	301	+22
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p285 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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