1952 Constitution
On 29 November 1951, as the King was returning to Thailand from Switzerland via ship, the military seized power from Privy Council President Dhani, abrogated the 1949 Constitution, and appointed Marshal Plaek as regent. A single 123-member National Assembly was appointed, 103 of which were from the military or police.
The Assembly re-used the 1932 Constitution with some additional amendments, namely allowing a Privy Council rather than a Supreme Council of State and using multi-member legislative constituencies rather than single-member constituencies. Half of the legislature was appointed. After much confrontation between the government and the palace in early 1952, the King promulgated the Constitution unchanged in 8 March 1952. Democratic elections were held for half of the legislature in March 1952; nearly all of the appointed parliamentary members were army officers. Legislative elections were held again in March 1957.
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