Siamese general election, 1948

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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]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Independents		100
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	2,117,464	100
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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

Elections and referendums in Thailand
General elections	1933 1937 1938 1946 1948 1949 1952 1957 (Feb) 1957 (Dec) 1969 1975 1976 1979 1983 1986 1988 1992 (Mar) 1992 (Sep) 1995 1996 2001 2005 2006 2007 2011 2014 next
Senate elections	2000 2006 2008 2014
Local elections	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1969 1970 1971 1974 1975 1976 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
By-elections	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1951 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1975 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1993 1994 1996 2001 2002 2005 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Referendums	2007 2016
See also: Election Commission of Thailand

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