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1950 Turkish general election

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1950 Turkish general election

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487 seats in the Grand National Assembly
244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89.3% [1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü
Party DP CHP
Last election 64 395
Seats won 416 69
Seat change Increase352 Decrease326
Popular vote 4,391,694 3,148,626
Percentage 55.22% 39.59%


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.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Democrat Party, which won 416 of the 487 seats.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democrat Party4,391,69455.22416+352
Republican People's Party3,148,62639.5969–326
Nation Party368,5374.631New
Independents44,5370.561–5
Total7,953,394100.00487+22
Registered voters/turnout8,905,743
Source: YSK

References

  1. ^ "MİLLETVEKİLİ GENEL SEÇİMLERİ 1923-2011" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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