1979_Thai_general_election

1979 Thai general election
	All 301 seats in the House of Representatives; 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.90%
Kriangsak Chamanan; Independent	Kriangsak Chamanan; Independent

1979 Thai general election

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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]

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Social Action Party	4,179,174	21.26	82	+37
	Democrat Party	2,865,248	14.57	33	–81
	Thai Nation Party	2,213,299	11.26	38	–18
	Seritham Party [th]	979,398	4.98	20	New
	People's Nation Party	759,302	3.86	13	New
	New Force Party	544,733	2.77	8	+5
	Thai Citizen Party	528,210	2.69	32	New
	Democratic Action	274,591	1.40	3	New
	Social Agrarian Party	239,122	1.22	3	–6
	Social Democratic Party	162,240	0.83	0	New
	United Thai Party	119,046	0.61	0	New
	Siam Reform Party	106,916	0.54	0	New
	Supporting Kriangsak's Policy	94,425	0.48	0	New
	Other parties	397,533	2.02	6	–
	Independents	6,197,082	31.52	63	New
Total		19,660,319	100.00	301	+22

Valid votes		8,937,074	95.64
Invalid/blank votes		406,971	4.36
Total votes		9,344,045	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,284,790	43.90
Source: Nohlen et al.

1979 Thai general election