1948 Siamese general election
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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 29.5%.[3]
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Independents | 99 | |||
Total | 99 | |||
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
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ Nohlen et al., p284
- ^ Nohlen et al., p278