1952 Thai general election 1952 Thai general election ← 1948 26 February 1952 February 1957 → 123 of the 246 seats in the House of RepresentativesTurnout38.95% Party Seats +/– Independents 123 +24 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. 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At the time there were no political parties,[1] so all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 39%.[2] Results[edit] PartyVotes%SeatsIndependents123Appointed members123Total246Total votes2,961,291–Registered voters/turnout7,602,59138.95Source: Nohlen et al. References[edit] ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p284 ISBN 0-19-924959-8 ^ Nohlen et al., p278 vte Elections and referendums in ThailandGeneral elections 1933 1937 1938 1946 1948 1952 1957 (Feb) 1957 (Dec) 1969 1975 1976 1979 1983 1986 1988 1992 (Mar) 1992 (Sep) 1995 1996 2001 2005 2006 2007 2011 2014 2019 2023 Next Senate elections 2000 2006 2008 2014 Supplementary elections 1946 1949 By-elections 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1951 1953 1954 1955 1957 1958 1969 1971 1975 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1991 1993 1994 1996 2001 2002 2005 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2019 2020 2022 2023 Local elections 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Referendums 2007 2016 See also: Election Commission of Thailand