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1946 Siamese general election

Field	Value
country	Thailand
previous_election	1938
next_election	1948
seats_for_election	96 of the 192 seats in the House of Representatives
election_date	6 January 1946
turnout	32.52% ( 2.51pp)
nopercentage	yes
noleader	yes
first_election	yes
party1	Independents
seats1	96
last_election1	91
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Seni Pramoj
after_election	Khuang Aphaiwong

General elections were held in Siam on 6 January 1946 to elect 96 of the 192 members of the House of Representatives. The other 96 members were appointed by King Ananda Mahidol. Voter turnout was 33%.

At the time there were no political parties, so all candidates ran as independents.

Results

Aftermath

Following the promulgation of a new constitution later in 1946, the appointed seats were abolished and the number of elected seats expanded to 178. Elections were held in August 1946 to elect an additional 82 members and political parties were allowed to contest the elections for the first time.

References

Cited works

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II.

References

Nohlen ''et al''., p278
Nohlen ''et al''., p284
Sorasak Ngamcachonkulkid. (2001). "The Seri Thai movement and political conflict in Thailand, 1938-1949". University of Wisconsin—Madison.

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