1948 Siamese general election

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]

1948 Siamese general election
Thailand
← 1946 29 January 1948 1952 →

99 of the 186 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout29.50%
Party Seats +/–
Independents

99 +3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Khuang Aphaiwong Khuang Aphaiwong

At the time there were no political parties,[2] so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 30%.[3]

Results

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

Aftermath

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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