1948 Siamese general election

1948 Siamese general election

←  1946 29 January 1948 1952  →
99 of the 186 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	29.50% ( 3.02pp)
Party Seats +/– Independents (Democrat) 53 New Independents 46 −50 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Khuang Aphaiwong Khuang Aphaiwong

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]

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents			99
Royal appointees				87
Total				186
Total votes		2,117,464	–
Registered voters/turnout		7,176,891	29.50
Source: Nohlen et al.

Aftermath

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

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