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1976 Thai general election

Field	Value
country	Thailand
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1975 Thai general election
previous_year	1975
next_election	1979 Thai general election
next_year	1979
seats_for_election	All 279 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	140
election_date	4 April 1976
registered	20,623,430
turnout	43.99% ( 3.19pp)
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leader1	Seni Pramoj
party1	Democrat Party (Thailand)
last_election1	17.23%, 72 seats
seats1	114
seat_change1	42
popular_vote1	4,745,990
percentage1	25.31%
swing1	8.08pp
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leader2	Pramarn Adireksarn
party2	Thai Nation Party
last_election2	12.05%, 28 seats
seats2	56
seat_change2	28
popular_vote2	3,280,134
percentage2	17.49%
swing2	5.44pp
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leader3	Kukrit Pramoj
party3	Social Action Party
last_election3	10.75%, 18 seats
seats3	45
seat_change3	27
popular_vote3	3,272,170
percentage3	17.45%
swing3	6.70pp
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leader4	Dawee Chullasapya
party4	Social Justice Party (Thailand)
last_election4	14.48%, 45 seats
seats4	28
popular_vote4	1,725,568
percentage4	9.20%
seat_change4	17
swing4	5.28pp
leader5	Sewet Phiamphongsan
party5	Social Agrarian Party
last_election5	7.53%, 19 seats
seats5	9
popular_vote5	672,259
percentage5	3.59%
seat_change5	10
swing5	3.94pp
leader6	Prasit Kanchanawat
party6	Social Nationalist Party
last_election6	7.05%, 16 seats
seats6	8
popular_vote6	642,078
percentage6	3.42%
seat_change6	8
swing6	3.63pp
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leader7	Krasae Chanawongse
party7	New Force Party
last_election7	6.04%, 12 seats
seats7	3
popular_vote7	1,276,208
percentage7	6.81%
seat_change7	9
swing7	0.77pp
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Kukrit Pramoj
before_party	Social Action
after_election	Seni Pramoj
after_party	Democrat Party (Thailand)

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.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/THAILAND_1976_E.PDF Thailand] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p284 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8

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