General elections were held in Thailand on 26 February 1957. The result was a victory for the Seri Manangkhasila Party, which won 86 of the 160 elected seats, with the 123 appointed members of the previous parliament continued to serve in the newly elected one. Voter turnout was 57.5%, significantly higher than previous elections (the previous record had been 41.5% in 1933), which was an indicator of heavy fraud.[1]
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160 of the 283 seats in the House of Representatives | |||||
| Turnout | 57.50% | ||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Seri Manangkhasila Party | 137,735 | 86 | ||
| Democrat Party | 118,457 | 30 | ||
| Liberal Democratic Party | 11 | |||
| Thammathibat | 9 | |||
| Economist Party | 9 | |||
| Nationalist Party | 3 | |||
| Hyde Park Movement Party | 2 | |||
| Independent Party | 2 | |||
| Independents | 8 | |||
| Appointed members | 123 | |||
| Total | 283 | |||
| Total votes | 5,668,566 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,859,039 | 57.50 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al., Darling[2] | ||||
By province
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References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p279 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ Frank C. Darling (1965) Thailand and the United States, p156
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