1948 Siamese general election
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29 January 1948
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99 of the 186 seats in the House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 29.50% ( 3.02pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Siam on 29 January 1948. Following the 1947 coup, the unicameral parliament elected in 1946 was abrogated. It was replaced by a bicameral parliament with a 100-seat appointed Senate and a 99-member House of Representatives.[1]
Voter turnout was 30%.[2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Democrat Party | 53 | |||
| People's Party | 12 | |||
| Thammathipat Party | 5 | |||
| Independents | 30 | |||
| Royal appointees | 87 | |||
| Total | 187 | |||
| Total votes | 2,117,464 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,176,891 | 29.50 | ||
| Source: Darling,[3] Nohlen et al. | ||||
Aftermath
[edit]In order to comply with the constitutional requirement of one member of the House of Representatives for every 150,000 citizens, supplementary elections were held in June 1949.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ↑ Nohlen et al., p278
- ↑ Frank C. Darling (1965). Thailand and the United States. p. 63.
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