1948 Siamese general election

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]

1948 Siamese general election
29 January 1948
All 99 seats in the House of Representatives of Siam
Prime Minister before election

Khuang Aphaiwong
Democrat Party

 Elected Prime Minister

Khuang Aphaiwong
Democrat Party

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Results
Party Votes % Seats
Independents100
Invalid/blank votes––
Total2,117,464100
Source: Nohlen et al.

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
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