1949 Thai supplementary elections

none Supplementary elections were held in 19 provinces of Thailand on 5 June 1949 to elect an additional 21 members to the House of Representatives.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p267 0-19-924959-8 The elections were called in order to comply with the requirement to have one representative for every 150,000 residents. At the time there were no political parties,Nohlen et al., p284 so all candidates ran as independents. Orapin Chaiyakan was elected in Ubon Ratchathani Province, becoming the first female member of parliament in Thailand.Celebrating the Thai female heroes you probably didn’t know about Thai Enquirer, 11 March 2020 References Supplementary Category:By-elections in Thailand Category:June 1949 in Asia