Editing Elective monarchy (section)

====Siam/Thailand====
There were several occasions that the [[Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)|Kingdom of Siam]] and [[Thailand]] turned to a semi-elective monarchy system to settle the succession of the crown among disputed heirs:

* In 1824, Phutthaloetla Naphalai died suddenly without having named a successor to [[Front Palace|viceroy]] [[Maha Senanurak]], who had died 16 July 1817. According to the traditions of royal succession, the viceroy or [[uparaja]] was [[heir presumptive]]. If there were none, then an ''[[ad hoc]]'' ''[[senabodi]]'' consisting of senior officials present at the death of a king, would elect a successor.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/thailand/history-rattanakosin.htm
|title= Rattanakosin Period (1782 -present)|access-date= June 5, 2013 |date=  August 18, 2013 |work= Thailand Introduction
|publisher= GlobalSecurity.org|quote= If there was no uparaja at the time of the king's death—and this was frequently the case—the choice of a new monarch drawn from the royal family was left to the Senabodi, the council of senior officials, princes, and Buddhist prelates that assembled at the death of a king. It was such a council that chose Nang Klao's successor.}}</ref> As a result of enormous support from senior and influential noble, [[Nangklao|Chetsadabodin]] was elected as the successor.

* In 1867, as Mongkut had not designated who would succeed him, the choice fell to a council to decide. The council led by Prince Deves, Mongkut's eldest half-brother, then chose Chulalongkorn as Mongkut's successor. However, Chulalongkorn was only 15 and so the council choose [[Si Suriyawongse]] to become the regent until Chulalongkorn came of age.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakrabongse |first=Chula |url=http://archive.org/details/lordsoflifehisto0000chak |title=Lords of Life; a history of the Kings of Thailand |date=1967 |publisher=London: Alvin Redman |others=Internet Archive}}</ref>

* On 2 March 1935, Prince Ananda Mahidol was elected by the National Assembly and the Thai government to succeed his uncle, King [[Prajadhipok]], as the eighth king of the Chakri dynasty, because [[Prajadhipok]], the previous king, had not named an heir before his abdication.