Socialist Party of Thailand
Socialist Party of Thailand พรรคสังคมนิยมแห่งประเทศไทย | |
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| Leader | Somkid Srisangkom |
| Secretary-General | Boonsanong Punyodyana |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Dissolved | 1976 |
| Ideology | Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
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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.[1][2]
SPT won 15 out of 269 seats in the 1975 parliamentary elections.[3] 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.[4]
References
- ^ "พรรคสังคมนิยมแห่งประเทศไทย". Pratchatai. Retrieved 23 August 2018.[full citation needed]
- ^ "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.
