December 1957 Thai general election
General elections were held in Thailand on 12 December 1957. They were the first elections after the coup led by Sarit Thanarat.
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160 of the 281 seats in the House of Representatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 9,917,417 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 44.07% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Vacant
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President : Chotiwat Luengprasert President : Vorapot Visrutpich President : Worawit Kangsasitiam |
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The new Sahaphum Party emerged as the largest party in parliament with 40 of the 160 elected seats, although with 59 MPs, independents were the largest bloc in Parliament. Voter turnout was 44%.[2]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Sahaphum Party | 44 | New | |||
| Democrat Party | 39 | +9 | |||
| Economist Party | 6 | +3 | |||
| Free Democracy | 5 | –6 | |||
| Seri Manangkhasila Party | 4 | –82 | |||
| Nationalist Party | 1 | –2 | |||
| Hyde Park Movement Party | 1 | –1 | |||
| Independent Party | 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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