Turkish general election, 1973

Turkish general election, 1973

1969 ← 14 October 1973 → 1977

Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Bülent Ecevit Süleyman Demirel Party CHP AP Last election 143 256 Seats won 185 149 Popular vote 3,570,583 3,197,897 Percentage 33.3 29.8

Prime Minister before election Süleyman Demirel AP Elected Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit CHP

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General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party (CHP), who won 185 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 66.8%.

However, 185 seats were not enough for CHP to form the government so they formed an alliance with the religious oriented National Salvation Party of Necmettin Erbakan. This controversial government could only last for ten months before its fall. The most important decision of the government was the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Republican People's Party	3,570,583	33.3	185	+42
Justice Party	3,197,897	29.8	149	-107
Democratic Party	1,275,502	11.9	45	New
National Salvation Party	1,265,771	11.8	48	New
Republican Reliance Party	564,343	5.3	13	-2
Nationalist Movement Party	362,208	3.4	3	+2
Independents	303,218	2.8	6	-7
Turkish Union Party	121,759	1.1	1	-7
Nation Party	62,377	0.6	0	-6
Invalid/blank votes	500,185	-	-	-
Total	11,223,843	100	450	0
Source: Nohlen et al

External links

• [1], Brief explanation of the results