1979 Thai general election

1979 Thai general election

← 1976 22 April 1979 1983 →
All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.90% ( 0.09pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Social Action Kukrit Pramoj 21.26 82 +37 Democrat Thanat Khoman 14.57 33 −81 Chart Thai Pramarn Adireksarn 11.26 38 −18 Seritham [th] 4.98 20 New People's Nation 3.86 13 New New Force Party 2.77 8 +5 Thai Citizen Samak Sundaravej 2.69 32 New Democratic Action 1.40 3 New Social Agrarian 1.22 3 −6 Other parties – 2.02 6 Independents – 31.52 63 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Kriangsak Chamanan Independent Kriangsak Chamanan Independent

General elections were held in Thailand on 22 April 1979. The Social Action Party emerged as the largest party, winning 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%.^[1]