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1948 Siamese general election
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99 of the 186 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout29.50% (Decrease 3.02pp)
Party Seats +/–
Independents

99 +3
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.

At the time there were no political parties, so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 30%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents99
Royal appointees87
Total186
Total votes2,117,464
Registered voters/turnout7,176,89129.50
Source: Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

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.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p284
  3. Nohlen et al., p278
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