December 1957 Thai general election

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]

December 1957 Thai general election

15 December 1957

160 of the 281 seats in the House of Representatives
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sukich Nimmanheminda Khuang Aphaiwong
Party Sahaphum Party Democrat
Last election New party 30
Seats won 44 39
Seat change New party 9

Prime Minister before election

Pote Sarasin
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Thanom Kittikachorn
National Socialist[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sahaphum Party44New
Democrat Party39+9
Economist Party6+3
Free Democracy5–6
Seri Manangkhasila Party4–82
Nationalist Party1–2
Hyde Park Movement Party1–1
Independent Party1–1
Independents59+51
Appointed members121–2
Total281–2
Total votes4,370,589
Registered voters/turnout9,917,41744.07
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Thak Chaloemtiarana (2007), Thailand: The Politics of Despotic Paternalism, Ithaca NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program, p. 88, ISBN 978-0-8772-7742-2
  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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