Socialist Party of Thailand

Defunct political party in Thailand

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Socialist Party of Thailand" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Socialist Party of Thailand พรรคสังคมนิยมแห่งประเทศไทย

Leader	Somkid Srisangkom
Secretary-General	Boonsanong Punyodyana
Founded	1974
Dissolved	1976
Ideology	Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Party flag

Politics of Thailand Political parties Elections

The Socialist Party of Thailand (SPT) was a political party in Thailand, active in the 1970s. SPT was led by its general secretary Boonsanong Punyodyana.

SPT won 15 out of 269 seats in the 1975 parliamentary elections. That election, which was the first free polls after many years of dictatorship, also saw other left-wing parties like the New Force Party (12 seats) and Socialist Front (10 seats) represented in Parliament.

Boonsanong Punyodyana was murdered on 28 February 1976. Around 10,000 people attended his memorial service.

After the Thammasat University massacre and military coup on 6 October 1976, many SPT cadres went into exile or joined the Communist Party of Thailand's guerrillas in the border areas with Laos in northern Thailand and Isan (northeastern Thailand).

Thus the party was dissolved at the order of the military junta’s National Administrative Reform Council leader Sangad Chaloryu on 6 October 1976.

References

"พรรคสังคมนิยมแห่งประเทศไทย". Pratchatai. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
"คอลัมน์การเมือง – ประชาชนที่มีคุณภาพ จะเลือกพรรคการเมือง ของมวลมหาประชาชนที่มีคุณภาพได้อย่างไร(1)". 7 May 2018.
"ดร.บุญสนอง บุณโยทยาน: พรรคสังคมนิยมแห่งประเทศไทย". 11 September 2012.
"ประวัติศาสตร์สังคมนิยมอีสาน: พ.อ.สมคิด ศรีสังคม หัวหน้าพรรคสังคมนิยมแห่งประเทศไทย – เดอะอีสานเรคคอร์ด". 2020-07-25. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

v t e Political parties in Thailand
Represented in Parliament (500)	People's Party (143) Pheu Thai Party (141) Bhumjaithai Party (71) Palang Pracharath Party (40) United Thai Nation Party (36) Democrat Party (25) Chart Thai Pattana Party (10) Prachachat Party (9) Thai Sang Thai Party (6) Chart Pattana Party (3) Peu Thai Rumphalang Party (2) Fair Party (2) Thai Liberal Party (1) New Democracy Party (1) New Party (1) Party of Thai Countries (1) New Social Power Party (1) Thai Teacher's for People Party (1) Thai Progress Party (1)
Extra-parliamentary	Thai Citizen Party New Aspiration Party Palang Burapha Party
Defunct parties	People's Party (1927–1947) Communist Party of Thailand (1942–1990s, banned since 1948) Seri Manangkhasila Party (1955–1957) National Socialist Party (1957–1958) United Thai People's Party (1968–1971) Socialist Party of Thailand (1974–1976) Social Justice Party (1974–1976) Socialist United Front Party (1974–1976) New Force Party (1974–1988) Thai Nation Party (1974–2008) Social Action Party (1974–2018) Palang Dharma Party (1988–2007) Justice Unity Party (1992) Liberal Party (1992–1993) National Development Party (1992–2005) Thai Rak Thai Party (1998–2007) People's Power Party (1998–2008) Pracharaj Party (2006–2018) Neutral Democratic Party (2007–2008) Matubhum Party (2008–2018) New Politics Party (2009–2013) Thai Raksa Chart Party (2009–2019) Commoner Party of Thailand (2014–2019) Rak Thailand Party (2010-2019) Rak Santi Party (2011–2019) People Reform Party (2018–2019) Mahachon Party (1998–2020) Future Forward Party (2018–2020) Puea Pandin Party (2007–2023) Move Forward Party (2014–2024)
Politics of Thailand

This article about a Thai political party is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: