1979 Thai general election|
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All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority |
| Turnout | 43.90% |
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| This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. |
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]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Social Action Party | 4,179,174 | 21.26 | 82 | +37 |
| Democrat Party | 2,865,248 | 14.57 | 33 | –81 |
| Thai Nation Party | 2,213,299 | 11.26 | 38 | –18 |
| Seritham Party [th] | 979,398 | 4.98 | 20 | New |
| People's Nation Party | 759,302 | 3.86 | 13 | New |
| New Force Party | 544,733 | 2.77 | 8 | +5 |
| Thai Citizen Party | 528,210 | 2.69 | 32 | New |
| Democratic Action | 274,591 | 1.40 | 3 | New |
| Social Agrarian Party | 239,122 | 1.22 | 3 | –6 |
| Social Democratic Party | 162,240 | 0.83 | 0 | New |
| United Thai Party | 119,046 | 0.61 | 0 | New |
| Siam Reform Party | 106,916 | 0.54 | 0 | New |
| Supporting Kriangsak's Policy | 94,425 | 0.48 | 0 | New |
| Other parties | 397,533 | 2.02 | 6 | – |
| Independents | 6,197,082 | 31.52 | 63 | New |
| Total | 19,660,319 | 100.00 | 301 | +22 |
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| Valid votes | 8,937,074 | 95.64 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 406,971 | 4.36 | |
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| Total votes | 9,344,045 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 21,284,790 | 43.90 | |
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| Source: Nohlen et al. |
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