December 1957 Thai general election
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President : Piyakul Boonperm President : Charnchai Sawangsagdi President : Worawit Kangsasitiam |
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General elections were held in Thailand on 12 December 1957. The result was a victory for the new Sahaphum Party, which won 40 of the 160 elected seats, although with 59 MPs, independents were the largest bloc in Parliament. Voter turnout was 44.1%.[2]
Results[]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Sahaphum Party | 44 | New | |||
| Democrat Party | 39 | +9 | |||
| Economist Party | 6 | +3 | |||
| 5 | –6 | ||||
| Seri Manangkhasila Party | 4 | –82 | |||
| Nationalist Party | 1 | –2 | |||
| Hyde Park Movement Party | 1 | –1 | |||
| 1 | –1 | ||||
| Independents | 59 | +51 | |||
| Appointed members | 121 | –2 | |||
| Total | 281 | –2 | |||
| Total votes | 4,370,589 | – | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,917,417 | 44.07 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References[]
- ^ Thak Chaloemtiarana (2007), Thailand: The Politics of Despotic Paternalism, Ithaca NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program, p. 88, ISBN 978-0-8772-7742-2
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p278 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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