December 1957 Thai general election
Thailand
15 December 1957
160 of the 281 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout44.07%
PartyLeader 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
Appointed members – 121 −2
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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Sahaphum Party44New
Democrat Party39+9
Economist Party6+3
Liberal Democratic Party5–6
Seri Manangkhasila Party4–82
Nationalist Party1–2
Hyde Park Movement Party1–1
Independent Party1–1
Independents59+51
Appointed members121–2
Total281–2
Total votes4,370,589–
Registered voters/turnout9,917,41744.07
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  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
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