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1979 Thai general election

Field	Value
country	Thailand
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1976 Thai general election
previous_year	1976
next_election	1983 Thai general election
next_year	1983
seats_for_election	All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	151
election_date	22 April 1979
registered	21,284,790
turnout	43.90% ( 0.09pp)
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bSize	140	cWidth = 120	cHeight = 160	oTop = 0	oLeft = 10}}
leader1	Kukrit Pramoj
party1	Social Action Party
last_election1	17.45%, 45 seats
seats1	82
seat_change1	37
popular_vote1	4,179,174
percentage1	21.26%
swing1	3.81pp
image2	{{CSS image crop	Image = พลตำรวจเอกประมาณ อดิเรกสาร ในปี 2515.png
bSize	180	cWidth = 120	cHeight = 160	oTop = 15	oLeft = 30}}
leader2	Pramarn Adireksarn
party2	Thai Nation Party
last_election2	17.49%, 56 seats
seats2	38
seat_change2	18
popular_vote2	2,213,299
percentage2	11.26%
swing2	6.23pp
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bSize	160	cWidth = 120	cHeight = 160	oTop = 5	oLeft = 15}}
leader3	Seni Pramoj
party3	Democrat Party (Thailand)
last_election3	25.31%, 114 seats
seats3	33
seat_change3	81
popular_vote3	2,865,248
percentage3	14.57%
swing3	10.74pp
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Kriangsak Chamanan
before_party	Independent politician
after_election	Kriangsak Chamanan
after_party	Independent politician

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%.

Results

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p285 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8

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