February 1957 Thai general election

General elections were held in Thailand on 26 February 1957. The result was a victory for the Seri Manangkhasila Party, which won 85 of the 160 elected seats, with the 123 appointed members of the previous parliament continued to serve in the newly elected one. Voter turnout was 57.5%, significantly higher than previous elections (the previous record had been 41.5% in 1933), which was an indicator of heavy fraud.[1]

February 1957 Thai general election
26 February 1957
All 160 seats to the House of Representatives of Thailand
  First party Second party
 
Leader Plaek Phibunsongkhram Khuang Aphaiwong
Party Seri Manangkhasila Democrat
Last election New party
Seats won 85 30
Seat change New party
Percentage 53.1% 19.4%
Prime Minister before election

Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Thanmathipat Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Seri Manangkhasila

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Results
Party Votes % Seats
Seri Manangkhasila Party137,73585
Democrat Party118,457[2]31
Free Democracy11
Thammathibat9
Economist Party9
Nationalist Party3
Hyde Park Movement Party2
Independent Party2
Independents8
Appointed members123
Invalid/blank votes––
Total5,668,566100283
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p279 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. สรรพตานนท์, นทีทิพย์. "แนวทางการเข้าสู่ตำแหน่งทางการเมืองของหัวหน้าพรรคประชาธิปัตย์". tdc.thailis.or.th. Retrieved 2018-10-05.
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