1946 Siamese general election

General elections for the National Assembly were held in Siam on 6 January 1946. In the first elections since the Second World War, a total of 2,091,788 votes were cast and voter turnout was 32.5%.^[1] A second round of elections was held in 47 provinces on 5 August in order to increase the number of MPs to the number set in the constitution.^[1]

At the time there were no political parties,^[2] so all candidates ran as independents. There were unofficial affiliations. Supporters of Pridi Banomyong (Sahachip Party and the Constitutional Front) took 57 seats, the Democrat Party took 18 seats and a further seven seats went to unaffiliated representatives.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p278 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Nohlen et al., p284
^ Sorasak Ngamcachonkulkid (2001), The Seri Thai movement and political conflict in Thailand, 1938-1949, University of Wisconsin—Madison, p. 140

[N1-1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p278 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[2] Nohlen et al., p284

[3] Sorasak Ngamcachonkulkid (2001), The Seri Thai movement and political conflict in Thailand, 1938-1949, University of Wisconsin—Madison, p. 140

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