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1948 Siamese general election

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Field	Value
country	Thailand
previous_election	1946
next_election	1952
seats_for_election	99 of the 186 seats in the House of Representatives
election_date	29 January 1948
turnout	29.50% ( 3.02pp)
nopercentage	yes
party1	Democrat Party (Thailand)
leader1	Khuang Aphaiwong
seats1	53
last_election1	New
party2
leader2
colour2	#0000FF
seats2	12
last_election2	New
party3	Thammathipat Party
leader3	Plaek Phibunsongkhram
seats3	5
last_election3	New
party4	Independents
leader4	–
seats4	30
last_election4	96
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Khuang Aphaiwong
after_election	Khuang Aphaiwong

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.

Voter turnout was 30%.

Results

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.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p267 {{ISBN. 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen ''et al''., p278
Frank C. Darling. (1965). "Thailand and the United States".

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