The Socialist Party of Thailand (SPT) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

, active in the 1970s. SPT was led by its general secretary

Boonsanong Punyodyana Boonsanong Punyodyana ( th, บุญสนอง บุณโยทยาน; ) was a Thai politician and General secretary of the Socialist Party of Thailand. He was assassinated on February 28, 1976. Life and career After graduating from Chu ...

. SPT won 15 out of 269 seats in the

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

parliamentary elections. Boonsanong Punyodyana was murdered on 28 February 1976. Around 10,000 people attended his memorial service. After the

Thammasat University massacre The 6 October 1976 massacre, or the 6 October event ( th, เหตุการณ์ 6 ตุลา ) as it is known in Thailand, was a violent crackdown by Thai police and lynching by right-wing paramilitaries and bystanders against leftist ...

on 6 October 1976, many SPT cadre went into exile or joined the

Communist Party of Thailand The Communist Party of Thailand ( Abrv: CPT; th, พรรคคอมมิวนิสต์แห่งประเทศไทย, ) was a communist party in Thailand active from 1942 until the 1990s. Initially known as the Communist Party ...

's guerrillas in the border areas with Laos in

northern Thailand Northern Thailand, or more specifically Lanna, is geographically characterised by several mountain ranges, which continue from the Shan Hills in bordering Myanmar to Laos, and the river valleys which cut through them. Though like most of Thailan ...

and

Isan Northeast Thailand or Isan ( Isan/ th, อีสาน, ; lo, ອີສານ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pali ''īsānna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 prov ...

(northeastern Thailand). Thus the party was dissolved at the order of National Administrative Reform Council leader

Sangad Chaloryu Admiral Sangad Chaloryu ( th, สงัด ชลออยู่; ; 4 March 1915 – 23 November 1980) was a Thai admiral and politician who served as head of the National Administrative Reform Council (NARC), a military junta that ruled Thailand ...

on 6 October 1976.

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