Thai general election, 1969
Encyclopedia
General elections were held in Thailand
on 10 February 1969. The result was a victory for the United Thai People's Party, which won 75 of the 219 seats in the House of Representatives
. Voter turnout was 49.2%. 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.
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...
on 10 February 1969. The result was a victory for the United Thai People's Party, which won 75 of the 219 seats in the House of Representatives
House of Representatives of Thailand
The House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Thailand is the lower house of the National Assembly of Thailand, the legislative branch of the Thai Government. The system of government of Thailand is that of a Constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Democracy. The system of the Thai...
. Voter turnout was 49.2%. 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.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- | |
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United Thai People's Party | 75 | New | |||
Independents | 72 | ||||
Democratic Party | 57 | ||||
Democratic Front | 7 | New | |||
Joint Economic Front | 4 | New | |||
Khana Ratsadon Khana Ratsadon Khana Ratsadon , frequently mistakenly written as Khana Rat , was a Siamese group of military and civil officers, and later a political party, which staged a bloodless coup against King Prajadhipok and transited the country's absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy on 24 June 1932.-The... |
2 | New | |||
Farmer Party | 1 | New | |||
Free Democracy | 1 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 428,699 | ||||
Total | 7,285,832 | 100 | 219 | +59 | |
Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union |