February 1957 Thai general election

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

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.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Seri Manangkhasila Party	137,735		85
Democrat Party	118,457		31
Free Democracy			11
Thammathibat			9
Economist Party			9
Nationalist Party			3
Hyde Park Movement Party			2
Independent Party			2
Independents			8
Appointed members			123
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	5,668,566	100	283
Source: Nohlen et al.