1949 Thai supplementary elections
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Supplementary elections were held in 19 provinces of Thailand on 5 June 1949 to elect an additional 21 members to the House of Representatives.[1] The elections were called in order to comply with the requirement to have one representative for every 150,000 residents.[1] At the time there were no political parties,[2] so all candidates ran as independents.
Orapin Chaiyakan was elected in Ubon Ratchathani Province, becoming the first female member of parliament in Thailand.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
- ^ Nohlen et al., p284
- ^ Celebrating the Thai female heroes you probably didn’t know about Thai Enquirer, 11 March 2020
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