Socialist Front (Thailand)

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Socialist Front
พรรคแนวร่วมสังคมนิยม
Chairman Keaw Norapiti
Founded21 November 1974
Dissolved1976
Headquarters Thailand
Ideology Socialism
Political position Left-wing

The Socialist Front was a political coalition in Thailand, formed by left-wing parties in late 1956. [1] The main group in the coalition was the Economist Party, led by Thep Chotinuchit. [2] The other two constituents of the Socialist Front were the Free Democratic Party and the Hyde Park Movement Party. [3] Thep Chotinuch was the chairman of the Socialist Front. [4] The parliamentarians who founded the Socialist Front came from northeast Thailand. [5] The Socialist Front favoured a neutralist foreign policy, and called for Thai withdrawal from SEATO, [6] as well as being strongly anti-American. [7]

In the 1975 general election the Socialist Front won ten seats, all of them from the northeast. In total, the Socialist Front got 3.8 percent of the nationwide vote. [3]

History

References

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  3. 1 2 Ockey, James. Through Multiple Transitions in Thailand. Variations on a Theme: Societal Cleavages and Party Orientations Archived 2009-06-11 at the Wayback Machine , in Party Politics 2005; 11; 728
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  5. Nguyen, Thi Dieu. The Mekong River and the Struggle for Indochina: Water, War, and Peace . Westport, Conn: Praeger, 1999. p. 81
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  7. "Socialist Party of Thailand policy statement" . Journal of Contemporary Asia. 7 (3): 435–438. January 1977. doi:10.1080/00472337785390451. ISSN   0047-2336.