Country: | Thailand |
Previous Election: | December 1957 |
Next Election: | 1975 |
Seats For Election: | All 219 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 110 |
Election Date: | 10 February 1969 |
Registered: | 14,820,180 |
Turnout: | 49.16% |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Party1: | United Thai People's Party |
Seats1: | 75 |
Last Election1: | New |
Party2: | Democrat Party (Thailand) |
Seats2: | 57 |
Last Election2: | 39 |
Party3: | Democratic Front (Thailand) |
Seats3: | 7 |
Last Election3: | New |
Seats4: | 4 |
Last Election4: | New |
Party5: | Citizen Party |
Seats5: | 2 |
Last Election5: | New |
Party6: | Farmer Party |
Seats6: | 1 |
Last Election6: | New |
Party7: | Liberal Democratic Party (Thailand) |
Seats7: | 1 |
Last Election7: | 5 |
Party8: | Independents |
Leader8: | – |
Seats8: | 72 |
Last Election8: | 59 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Thanom Kittikachorn |
Before Party: | United Thai People's Party |
After Election: | Thanom Kittikachorn |
After Party: | United Thai People's Party |
General elections were held in Thailand on 10 February 1969. The result was a victory for the military-backed United Thai People's Party, which won 75 of the 219 seats in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 49.2%.[1] Following the election, 30 of the 72 independents joined the UTPP, giving it a total of 105 seats, whilst 24 formed the Liberal Independent Party. They were the first elections in which a number of members were not appointed by the king.