February 1957 Thai general election

February 1957 Thai general election
160 of the 283 seats to the House of Representatives
Prime Minister before election; Plaek Phibunsongkhram;	Elected Prime Minister ; Plaek Phibunsongkhram; Seri Manangkhasila

General elections were held in Thailand on 26 February 1957. The result was a victory for the Seri Manangkhasila Party, which won 86 of the 160 elected seats, with the 123 appointed members of the previous parliament continued to serve in the newly elected one. Voter turnout was 57.5%, significantly higher than previous elections (the previous record had been 41.5% in 1933), which was an indicator of heavy fraud.^[1]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Seri Manangkhasila Party	137,735		86
	Democrat Party	118,457		30
				11
				9
	Economist Party			9
	Nationalist Party			3
	Hyde Park Movement Party			2
				2
	Independents			8
Appointed members				123
Total				283

Total votes		5,668,566	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,859,039	57.50
Source: Nohlen et al., Darling^[2]

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p279 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Frank C. Darling (1965) Thailand and the United States, p156

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p279 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[2] Frank C. Darling (1965) Thailand and the United States, p156

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