1938 Siamese general election

1938 Siamese general election
	12 November 1938
	91 of the 182 seats in the House of Representatives
Turnout	35.03%
Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena	Plaek Phibunsongkhram

General elections were held in Siam on 12 November 1938 to elect 91 members of the 182-seat House of Representatives. The other 91 members had been appointed by the King after the 1937 elections.[1] At the time there were no political parties,[2] so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 35%.[3]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independents			91
Royal appointees				91
Total				182

Total votes		2,210,332	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,310,172	35.03
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Nohlen et al., p284
Nohlen et al., p278

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[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[2] Nohlen et al., p284

[3] Nohlen et al., p278

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