December 1957 Thai general election

December 1957 Thai general election
Thailand
← February 1957 15 December 1957 1969 →

160 of the 281 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout44.07%
Party Leader Seats +/–
Sahaphum Party Sukich Nimmanheminda 44 New
Democrat Khuang Aphaiwong 39 +9
Economist Thep Chotnuchit 6 +3
Liberal Democratic Meth Rattanaprasit 5 −6
Seri Manangkhasila Plaek Phibunsongkhram 4 −82
Nationalist Net Poonwiwat 1 −2
Hyde Park Taweesak Tripli 1 −1
Independent Ket Wongkasai 1 −1
Independents 59 +51
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Pote Sarasin
Independent
Thanom Kittikachorn
National Socialist[1]

General elections were held in Thailand on 12 December 1957. They were the first elections after the coup led by Sarit Thanarat.

The new Sahaphum Party emerged as the largest party in parliament with 40 of the 160 elected seats, although with 59 MPs, independents were the largest bloc in Parliament. Voter turnout was 44%.[2]

  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