1976 Thai general election

1976 Thai general election
4 April 1976
All 279 seats in the House of Representatives
140 seats needed for a majority
Registered20,623,430
Turnout43.99% ( 3.19pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Seni Pramoj Pramarn Adireksarn Kukrit Pramoj
Party Democrat Chart Thai Social Action
Last election 17.23%, 72 seats 12.05%, 28 seats 10.75%, 18 seats
Seats won 114 56 45
Seat change 42 28 27
Popular vote 4,745,990 3,280,134 3,272,170
Percentage 25.31% 17.49% 17.45%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Thawit Klinprathum Sewet Phiamphongsan Prasit Kanchanawat
Party Social Justice Social Agrarian Social Nationalist
Last election 14.48%, 45 seats 7.53%, 19 seats 7.05%, 16 seats
Seats won 28 9 8
Seat change 17 10 8
Popular vote 1,725,568 672,259 642,078
Percentage 9.20% 3.59% 3.42%
  Seventh party
 
Leader Krasae Chanawongse
Party New Force Party
Last election 6.04%, 12 seats
Seats won 3
Seat change 9
Popular vote 1,276,208
Percentage 6.81%
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%. The Democrat Party emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 279 seats.

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