United Thai People's Party Explained

United Thai People's Party
Native Name:พรรคสหประชาไทย
Foundation:24 October 1968
Dissolution:19 November 1971
Headquarters:Bangkok
Leader:Thanom Kittikachorn
Secretary General:Dawee Chullasapya
Country:Thailand

United Thai People's Party (Thai: พรรคสหประชาไทย;) was a political party in Thailand founded on 24 October 1968 was founded by Thanom Kittikachorn and Praphas Charusathien to recruit parliamentary support for their military junta.[1] [2] [3]

In the 1969 Thai general election United Thai People's Party won the most seats in election: 75 of 219 seats. The party was dissolved during the self-coup of Thanom Kittikachorn and Praphas Charusathien in November 1971 that brought a return to unrestricted military dictatorship.

After the October 1973 popular uprising that toppled the Thanom–Praphas regime, some of the more liberal former members of the United Thai People's Party joined the Social Action Party, while former secretary-general Dawee Chullasapya and his deputy Kris Sivara backed the Social Justice Party.[4]

Executive Committee of the United Thai People's Party (1968-1971)

References

  1. Book: Roger Kershaw . Monarchy in South East Asia: The Faces of Tradition in Transition . Routledge . 2001 . 71–72.
  2. Book: Michael J. Montesano . Market Society and the Origins of the New Thai Politics . Ruth Thomas McVey . Money and Power in Provincial Thailand . 110.
  3. Book: Clark D. Neher . Constitutionalism and Elections in Thailand . Modern Thai Politics . 2nd . Schenkman Publishing . 1979 . 323.
  4. Book: Somporn Sangchai . Some Observations on the Elections and Coalition Formation in Thailand, 1976 . Clark D. Neher . Modern Thai Politics . 2nd . Schenkman Publishing . 1979 . 388.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20180318120757/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2511/D/117/3407.PDF ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง การเปลี่ยนแปลงรายการจดทะเบียนพรรคการเมือง

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