Early general elections were held in Thailand on 4 April 1976 after the House of Representatives had been dissolved prematurely on 12 January.[ 1] [ 2] Democrat Party emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 279 seats.
1976 Thai general election House of Representatives Turnout 43.99% (pp )
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Party Votes % Seats +/– Democrat Party 4,745,990 25.31 114 +42 Thai Nation Party 3,280,134 17.49 56 +28 Social Action Party 3,272,170 17.45 45 +27 Social Justice Party 1,725,568 9.20 28 –17 New Force Party 1,276,208 6.81 3 –9 People's Force 746,985 3.98 3 +1 Social Agrarian Party 672,259 3.59 9 –10 Social Nationalist Party 642,078 3.42 8 –8 Socialist Party of Thailand 357,385 1.91 2 –13 Dharmacracy Party 264,526 1.41 1 New Thai Protection Party 223,048 1.19 1 New United Democratic Front 196,998 1.05 1 New Socialist Front 174,432 0.93 1 –9 Labour Party 161,031 0.86 1 0 Social Thai Party 125,037 0.67 1 New People's Peaceful Party 104,084 0.56 0 –8 Provincial Development Party 100,162 0.53 2 +1 Thai Party 98,487 0.53 0 –4 Free Force 95,056 0.51 0 New National Reconstruction 79,894 0.43 0 –3 New Siam Party 72,664 0.39 1 New Democracy 59,472 0.32 1 –1 Social Progress Party 25,028 0.13 1 New Agriculturalist Party 24,987 0.13 0 –1 People Party 11,919 0.06 0 0 15 other parties 215,209 1.15 0 – Total 18,750,811 100.00 279 +10 Valid votes 8,619,302 95.00 Invalid/blank votes 453,327 5.00 Total votes 9,072,629 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 20,623,430 43.99 Source: Nohlen et al .
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