Liberal Democratic Party (Thailand)

The Liberal Democratic Party (Thai: พรรคเสรีประชาธิปไตย), also known as Free Democracy, is a political party of Thailand founded on 1 November 1955.[2] Meth Rattanaprasit is leader and Boonkum Jansrisuriyawong is secretary-general and Jarubud Ruangsuwan is vice-secretary-general. In 26 February 1957 Liberal Democratic Party won in election. They won 11 seats. In 15 December 1957 Liberal Democratic Party won in election, they won 5 seats.

Liberal Democratic Party
พรรคเสรีประชาธิปไตย
ChairmanMeth Rattanaprasit
Secretary-GeneralBoonkum Jansrisuriyawong
Founded1 November 1955
Dissolved20 October 1958
HeadquartersThailand
IdeologyLiberal democracy
Political positionCentre[1]

Party leadership edit

Past Leaders edit

No. Name From To
1 Meth Rattanaprasit 1955 1957
2 Jarubud Ruangsuwan 1968 1970[3]
3 Somkit Srisangkom 1970[3] 1971
4 Samak Pongsatian 1990[4] 1992
5 Suban Sangpan 1995[5] 24 June 1997
6 Wiwat Utthaworasit 24 June 1997[6] 1998

General election results edit

Election Total seats won Total votes Election leader
1957 (Feb)
11 / 160
Meth Rattanaprasit
1957 (Dec)
5 / 160
Meth Rattanaprasit
1969
1 / 219
Jarubud Ruangsuwan

References edit

  1. ^ [1] Page 15
  2. ^ "ประกาศกระทรวงมหาดไทย เรื่อง การจดทะเบียนพรรคการเมืองเสรีประชาธิปไตย" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 1, 2018.
  3. ^ a b [2][dead link] [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ [3][dead link] [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ [4] [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ [5][dead link] [bare URL PDF]