Country: | Thailand |
Previous Election: | 1952 |
Next Election: | December 1957 |
Seats For Election: | 160 of the 283 seats in the House of Representatives |
Election Date: | 26 February 1957 |
Registered: | 9,859,039 |
Turnout: | 57.50% |
Nopercentage: | yes |
First Election: | yes |
Party1: | Seri Manangkhasila Party |
Seats1: | 86 |
Party2: | Democrat Party (Thailand) |
Seats2: | 31 |
Party3: | Liberal Democratic Party (Thailand) |
Seats3: | 11 |
Party4: | Thammathibat |
Seats4: | 9 |
Party5: | Economist Party (Thailand) |
Seats5: | 9 |
Party6: | Nationalist Party (Thailand) |
Seats6: | 3 |
Party7: | Hyde Park Movement Party |
Seats7: | 2 |
Party8: | Independent Party (Thailand) |
Seats8: | 2 |
Party9: | Independents |
Leader9: | – |
Seats9: | 8 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
Before Party: | Seri Manangkhasila Party |
After Election: | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
After Party: | Seri Manangkhasila Party |
General elections were held in Thailand on 26 February 1957. The result was a victory for the Seri Manangkhasila Party, which won 86 of the 160 elected seats, with the 123 appointed members of the previous parliament continued to serve in the newly elected one. Voter turnout was 57.5%, significantly higher than previous elections (the previous record had been 41.5% in 1933), which was an indicator of heavy fraud.[1]
Province | Total seats | Seats won | |||||||||
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SMP | DP | FD | T | EP | NP | HPMP | IP | Ind. | |||
Ang Thong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Bangkok | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||
Buriram | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Chachoengsao | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Chai Nat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Chaiyaphum | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Chanthaburi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Chiang Mai | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Chiang Rai | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
Chonburi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Chumphon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Kalasin | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
Kamphaeng Phet | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Kanchanaburi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Khon Kaen | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
Krabi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Lampang | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
Lamphun | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Loei | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Lopburi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Mae Hong Son | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Maha Sarakham | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Nakhon Nayok | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Nakhon Pathom | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Nakhon Phanom | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Nakhon Ratchasima | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Nakhon Sawan | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
Nakhon Si Thammarat | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Nan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Narathiwat | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Nong Khai | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Nonthaburi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Pathum Thani | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Pattani | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Phang Nga | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Phatthalung | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Phetchabun | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Phetchaburi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Phichit | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Phitsanulok | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
Phrae | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Phuket | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Prachinburi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Prachuap Khiri Khan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Ranong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Ratchaburi | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
Rayong | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Roi Et | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Sakon Nakhon | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
Samut Prakan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Samut Sakhon | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Samut Songkhram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Saraburi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
Satun | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Sing Buri | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Sisaket | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
Songkhla | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Sukhothai | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Suphan Buri | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Surat Thani | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Surin | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
Tak | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Thonburi | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Trang | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Trat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Ubon Ratchathani | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
Udon Thani | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
Uthai Thani | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Uttaradit | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Yala | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Total | 160 | 85 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |