1948 Siamese general election

General elections were held in Siam on 29 January 1948. At the time there were no political parties,[1] so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 29.5%.[2]

1948 Siamese general election

29 January 1948

All 99 seats in the House of Representatives of Siam

Prime Minister before election

Khuang Aphaiwong
Democrat Party

Elected Prime Minister

Khuang Aphaiwong
Democrat Party

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Independents100
Invalid/blank votes
Total2,117,464100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Nohlen et al., p278
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