Siamese general election, 1933
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General elections were held in
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on 15 November 1933 to elect 78 of the 156 members of the
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, with the other 78 appointed by the King. The elections were held on an indirect basis, with voters electing sub-district representatives between 10 October and 15 November, and the representatives then electing members of parliament on 16 November. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p266 At the time there were no political parties, so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 41.5%.Nohlen et al., p278 This was the first parliamentary election in Siamese history.


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