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 44.0%.^[2] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 114 of the 279 seats.

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1976 Thai general election

← 1975 4 April 1976 1979 →
All 279 seats in the House of Representatives 140 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.99%
Party Leader % 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

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