1979 Thai General Election
22 April 1979 · The Prem years · 301 seats, 151 for a majority
Social Action Party finished first with 82 of 301 seats on 21.3% of the vote. Turnout 43.9%. Kriangsak Chamanan stayed in office.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1978–1989). Conflicts →
Prime Minister before
Kriangsak Chamanan
Independent
Prime Minister (continued)
Kriangsak Chamanan
Independent
Largest force
Social Action Party
82 of 301 seats
Turnout
43.9%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Action Party | — | 82 | +37 | 4,179,174 | 21.3% | — | |
| Democrat Party | — | 33 | -81 | 2,865,248 | 14.6% | — | |
| Thai Nation Party | — | 38 | -18 | 2,213,299 | 11.3% | — | |
| Seritham Party | — | 20 | — | 979,398 | 5.0% | — | |
| People's Nation Party | — | 13 | — | 759,302 | 3.9% | — | |
| New Force Party | — | 8 | +5 | 544,733 | 2.8% | — | |
| Thai Citizen Party | — | 32 | — | 528,210 | 2.7% | — | |
| Democratic Action | — | 3 | — | 274,591 | 1.4% | — | |
| Social Agrarian Party | — | 3 | -6 | 239,122 | 1.2% | — | |
| Social Democratic Party | — | 0 | — | 162,240 | 0.8% | — | |
| United Thai Party | — | 0 | — | 119,046 | 0.6% | — | |
| Siam Reform Party | — | 0 | — | 106,916 | 0.5% | — | |
| Supporting Kriangsak's Policy | — | 0 | — | 94,425 | 0.5% | — | |
| Other parties | — | 6 | — | 397,533 | 2.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 63 | — | 6,197,082 | 31.5% | — |