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}}{{Politics of Thailand}}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%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p278 {{ISBN|0-19-924959-8}}

Results

{{Election results|image=(File:9th Thailand House of Representatives composition (1958).svg)Sahaphum Party>votes1=sc1=NewDemocrat Party (Thailand)>Democrat Partyseats2=39|sc2=+9Economist Party (Thailand)>Economist Partyseats3=6|sc3=+3Liberal Democratic Party (Thailand)>Liberal Democratic Partyseats4=5|sc4=–6Seri Manangkhasila Party>votes5=sc5=–82Nationalist Party (Thailand)>Nationalist Partyseats6=1|sc6=–2Hyde Park Movement Party>votes7=sc7=–1Independent Party (Thailand)>Independent Partyseats8=1|sc8=–1votes9=sc9=+51seats10=121|sc10=–2|total_sc=–2|totalvotes=4370589|electorate=9917417|source=Nohlen et al.}}

References

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