February 1957 Thai general election

February 1957 Thai general election
Thailand
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160 of the 283 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout57.50%
Party Leader Seats
Seri Manangkhasila Plaek Phibunsongkhram 86
Democrat Khuang Aphaiwong 31
Liberal Democratic Meth Rattanaprasit 11
Thammathibat Piam Bunyachot 9
Economist Thep Chotnuchit 9
Nationalist Net Poonwiwat 3
Hyde Park Petai Chotnuchit 2
Independent Ket Wongkasai 2
Independents 8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Seri Manangkhasila
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Seri Manangkhasila

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]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p279 ISBN 0-19-924959-8