The Socialist Front was a political coalition in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, formed by leftwing parties in late 1956. The main group in the coalition was the Economist Party

Economist Party

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, led by Thep Chotinuchit. The other two constituents of the Socialist Front were the Free Democratic Party and the Hyde Park Movement Party

Hyde Park Movement Party

The Hyde Park Movement Party was a left-wing political party in Thailand.In 1955, Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram visited the United Kingdom as part of an international tour. He became impressed with the "Speakers' Corner" in Hyde Park, London. Upon his return to Thailand a "Hyde Park" space for free...

. Thep Chotinuch was the chairman of the Socialist Front. The parliamentarians who founded the Socialist Front came from north-eastern Thailand. The Socialist Front favoured a neutralist foreign policy, and called for Thai withdrawal from SEATO.

In the 1975 general election

Thai general election, 1975

General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The result was a victory for the new Democrat Party, which won 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47.2%.-Results:...

the Socialist Front won ten seats, all of them from the north-east. In total the Socialist Front got 3.8% of the nationwide vote.