1976 Thai General Election
4 April 1976 · A crowded field, twice · 279 seats, 140 for a majority
Democrat Party finished first with 114 of 279 seats on 25.3% of the vote. Turnout 44.0%. Seni Pramoj replaced Kukrit Pramoj.
Prime Minister before
Kukrit Pramoj
Social Action
Prime Minister after
Seni Pramoj
Democrat
Largest force
Democrat Party
114 of 279 seats
Turnout
44.0%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat Party | — | 114 | +42 | 4,745,990 | 25.3% | — | |
| Thai Nation Party | — | 56 | +28 | 3,280,134 | 17.5% | — | |
| Social Action Party | — | 45 | +27 | 3,272,170 | 17.4% | — | |
| Social Justice Party | — | 28 | -17 | 1,725,568 | 9.2% | — | |
| New Force Party | — | 3 | -9 | 1,276,208 | 6.8% | — | |
| People's Force | — | 3 | +1 | 746,985 | 4.0% | — | |
| Social Agrarian Party | — | 9 | -10 | 672,259 | 3.6% | — | |
| Social Nationalist Party | — | 8 | -8 | 642,078 | 3.4% | — | |
| Socialist Party of Thailand | — | 2 | -13 | 357,385 | 1.9% | — | |
| Dharmacracy Party | — | 1 | — | 264,526 | 1.4% | — | |
| Thai Protection Party | — | 1 | — | 223,048 | 1.2% | — | |
| United Democratic Front | — | 1 | — | 196,998 | 1.1% | — | |
| Socialist Front | — | 1 | -9 | 174,432 | 0.9% | — | |
| Labour Party | — | 1 | 0 | 161,031 | 0.9% | — | |
| Social Thai Party | — | 1 | — | 125,037 | 0.7% | — | |
| People's Peaceful Party | — | 0 | -8 | 104,084 | 0.6% | — | |
| Provincial Development Party | — | 2 | +1 | 100,162 | 0.5% | — | |
| Thai Party | — | 0 | -4 | 98,487 | 0.5% | — | |
| Free Force | — | 0 | — | 95,056 | 0.5% | — | |
| National Reconstruction | — | 0 | -3 | 79,894 | 0.4% | — | |
| New Siam Party | — | 1 | — | 72,664 | 0.4% | — | |
| Democracy | — | 1 | -1 | 59,472 | 0.3% | — | |
| Social Progress Party | — | 1 | — | 25,028 | 0.1% | — | |
| Agriculturalist Party | — | 0 | -1 | 24,987 | 0.1% | — | |
| People Party | — | 0 | 0 | 11,919 | 0.1% | — | |
| 15 other parties | — | 0 | — | 215,209 | 1.1% | — |