1975 Thai general election

1975 Thai general election

26 January 1975
All 269 seats in the House of Representatives
First party Second party Third party   Leader Seni Pramoj Thawit Klinprathum Pramarn Adireksarn Party Democrat Social Justice Chart Thai Last election 57 seats – – Seats won 72 45 28 Seat change 15 New New Popular vote 3,176,398 2,669,736 2,220,897 Percentage 17.2% 14.5% 12.1%
Prime Minister before election Sanya Dharmasakti Independent Elected Prime Minister Seni Pramoj Democrat

General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The result was a victory for the new Democrat Party, which won 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47.2%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democrat Party	3,176,398	17.23	72	+15
	Social Justice Party	2,669,736	14.48	45	New
	Thai Nation Party	2,220,897	12.05	28	New
	Social Action Party	1,982,168	10.75	18	New
	Social Agrarian Party	1,387,451	7.53	19	New
	Social Nationalist Party	1,299,613	7.05	16	New
	New Force Party	1,113,653	6.04	12	New
	Socialist Party of Thailand	819,489	4.45	15	New
	Socialist Front	672,313	3.65	10	New
	Peaceful People's Party	509,718	2.76	8	New
	National Reconstruction	369,244	2.00	3	New
	Thai Party	313,904	1.70	4	New
	People's Justice Party	297,102	1.61	6	New
	Democracy	283,990	1.54	2	New
	Sovereign Party	141,607	0.77	2	New
	Labour Party	136,783	0.74	1	New
	Golden Cape Party	123,948	0.67	0	New
	People Party	122,033	0.66	0	New
	Agriculturalist Party	116,062	0.63	1	New
	Thai Earth Party	92,957	0.50	2	New
	Free People's Party	84,599	0.46	1	New
	People's Force	67,127	0.36	2	New
	Economist Party	60,962	0.33	1	New
	Provincial Development Party	30,103	0.16	1	New
	21 other parties	343,164	1.86	0	–
Total		18,435,021	100.00	269	+50
Valid votes		8,412,633	88.09
Invalid/blank votes		1,137,291	11.91
Total votes		9,549,924	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		20,242,791	47.18
Source: Nohlen et al.