1950 Turkish general election

1950 Turkish general election

May 14, 1950
Total of 487 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 244 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	89.3% pp
First party Second party   Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü Party DP Republican Last election 64 395 Seats won 408 69 Seat change 347 326 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 DP

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

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democrat Party	4,241,393	52.68	408	+344
style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color;"|	Republican People's Party	3,176,561	38.45	69	–326
	Nation Party	250,414	3.11	1	New
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|	Independents	383,282	4.76	9	+3
Invalid/blank votes			–	–	–
Total		8,051,650	100.00	487	+22
Registered voters/turnout		8,905,743	90.41	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

External links

• 1950 Yılı Genel Seçimlerinde Partilerin Aldıkları Oylar ve Oranları TBMM