Turkish general election, 1950

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Turkish general election, 1950

← 1946 May 14, 1950 1954 →

Total of 487 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
244 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg Inonu Ismet.jpg
Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü
Party Democrat CHP
Last election 64 395
Seats won 408 69
Seat change Increase347 Decrease326
Popular vote 4,241,393 3,176,561
Percentage 53.3% 39.9%

Prime Minister before election

Şemsettin Günaltay
CHP

Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 408 of the 487 seats.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party 4,241,393 53.3 408 +344
Republican People's Party 3,176,561 39.9 69 –326
Nation Party 250,414 3.1 1 New
Independents 383,282 4.8 9 +3
Invalid/blank votes
Total 7,953,055 100.00 487 +22
Registered voters/turnout 8,905,743 89.3
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X