All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
43.90%
Party
Leader
%
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 result was a victory for the Social Action Party, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 43.9%.[1]
^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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