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1933 Siamese general election

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1933 Siamese general election

15 November 1933 1937 →

All 78 seats in the House of Representatives of Siam

Prime Minister before election

Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena
Khana Ratsadon

Elected Prime Minister

Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena
Khana Ratsadon

General elections for the National Assembly were held in Siam on 15 November 1933. At the time there were no political parties,[1] so all candidates ran as independents. A total of 1,773,532 votes were cast and voter turnout was 41.5%.[2] This was the first legislative election in Siamese history.

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