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1937 Siamese general election

Field	Value
country	Thailand
previous_election	1933
next_election	1938
seats_for_election	91 of the 182 seats in the House of Representatives
election_date	7 November 1937
turnout	40.22% ( 1.23pp)
nopercentage	yes
noleader	yes
party1	Independents (Khana Ratsadon)
seats1	91
last_election1	78
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Phahon Phonphayuhasena
after_election	Phahon Phonphayuhasena

General elections were held in Siam on 7 November 1937 to elect 91 members of the 182-seat House of Representatives, with the other 91 appointed by King Ananda Mahidol. Unlike the 1933 elections, which had been carried out on an indirect basis, the 1937 elections were direct.

At the time there were no political parties, so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 40%.

Background

Shortly before the end of the term of the parliament elected in 1933, the second Prime Minister Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena announced his resignation following questions in the House of Representatives regarding the land purchase of the Crown Property Bureau. However, on 9 August 1937, a royal command through the Board of Regents reappointing Phahonphonphayuhasena.

Results

Aftermath

On 21 December Phahonphonphayuhasena received a royal command reappointing him as prime minister. He formed a new cabinet with eighteen members. It was his eighth and final cabinet.

Notes

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p284 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen ''et al''., p278
''ลำดับเหตุการณ์สำคัญทางประวัติศาสตร์ในช่วงปลายระบอบเก่าและช่วงต้นระบอบใหม่'', สารคดีฉบับที่ 172: มิถุนายน 2542
บุญทัน ดอกไธสง, ''การเปลี่ยนแปลงทางการบริหารและการเมืองไทย'', กรุงเทพฯ : โอเดียนสโตร์, 2520

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