December 1957 Thai general election

December 1957 Thai general election

15 December 1957

160 of the 281 seats in the House of Representatives
Registered9,917,417
Turnout44.07% ( 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%.