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1969 Thai general election

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Field	Value
country	Thailand
previous_election	December 1957
next_election	1975
seats_for_election	All 219 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	110
election_date	10 February 1969
turnout	49.16% ( 5.09pp)
nopercentage	yes
party1	United Thai People's Party	leader1 = Thanom Kittikachorn	seats1 = 75	last_election1 = New
party2	Democrat Party (Thailand)	leader2 = Seni Pramoj	seats2 = 57	last_election2 = 39
party3	Democratic Front (Thailand)	leader3 = Paitoon Kreukaew Na Lamphun	seats3 = 7	last_election3 = New
party4	Joint Economic Front	leader4 = Thep Chotnuchit	seats4 = 4	last_election4 = New
party5	Citizen Party	leader5 = Liang Chaiyakal	seats5 = 2	last_election5 = New
party6	Farmer Party	leader6 = Phra Chuang Kasetsilpakan	seats6 = 1	last_election6 = New
party7	Liberal Democratic Party (Thailand)	leader7 = Jarubud Ruangsuwan	seats7 = 1	last_election7 = 5
party8	Independents	leader8 = –	seats8 = 72	last_election8 = 59
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Thanom Kittikachorn
before_party	United Thai People's Party
after_election	Thanom Kittikachorn
after_party	United Thai People's Party

General elections were held in Thailand on 10 February 1969. The military-backed United Thai People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 75 of the 219 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 49%. Following the election, 30 of the 72 independents joined the UTPP, giving it a total of 105 seats, whilst 24 formed the Liberal Independent Party. They were the first elections in which a number of members were not appointed by the king.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/THAILAND_1969_E.PDF Thailand] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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