1938 Siamese general election

1938 Siamese general election

←  1937 12 November 1938 1946  →
91 of the 182 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	35.03% ( 5.19pp)
Party Seats +/– Independents (Khana Ratsadon) 91 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Phahon Phonphayuhasena Plaek Phibunsongkhram

General elections were held in Siam on 12 November 1938 to elect 91 members of the 182-seat House of Representatives. The other 91 members had been appointed by King Ananda Mahidol after the 1937 elections. ^[1] At the time there were no political parties, ^[2] so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 35%. ^[3]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents			91
Royal appointees				91
Total				182
Total votes		2,210,332	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,310,172	35.03
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. 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