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]
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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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At the time there were no political parties,[2] so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 30%.[3]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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| Independents | 99 | |||
| Royal appointees | 87 | |||
| Total | 186 | |||
| Total votes | 2,117,464 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,176,891 | 29.50 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
Aftermath
editIn 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- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ Nohlen et al., p284
- ^ Nohlen et al., p278