December 1957 Thai general election

December 1957 Thai general election

15 December 1957
160 of the 281 seats in the House of Representatives
Registered	9,917,417
Turnout	44.07% ( 13.43pp)
First party Second party   Leader Sukich Nimmanheminda Khuang Aphaiwong Party Sahaphum Party Democrat Last election – 30 Seats won 44 39 Seat change New 9
Prime Minister before election Pote Sarasin Independent Elected Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn National Socialist

General elections were held in Thailand on 12 December 1957. They were the first elections after the coup led by Sarit Thanarat.

The new Sahaphum Party emerged as the largest party in parliament with 40 of the 160 elected seats, although with 59 MPs, independents were the largest bloc in Parliament. Voter turnout was 44%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Sahaphum Party			44	New
	Democrat Party			39	+9
	Economist Party			6	+3
	Liberal Democratic Party			5	–6
	Seri Manangkhasila Party			4	–82
	Nationalist Party			1	–2
	Hyde Park Movement Party			1	–1
	Independent Party			1	–1
	Independents			59	+51
Appointed members				121	–2
Total				281	–2
Total votes		4,370,589	–
Registered voters/turnout		9,917,417	44.07
Source: Nohlen et al.