1986 Turkish parliamentary by-elections

1986 Turkish parliamentary by-elections

28 September 1986
11 of the 400 seats in the Grand National Assembly
Turnout	88.27%
First party Second party Third party   Leader Turgut Özal Hüsamettin Cindoruk Erdal İnönü Party ANAP DYP SHP Leader since 20 May 1983 14 May 1985 30 May 1986 Seats won 6 4 1 Popular vote 805,267 590,069 570,055 Percentage 32.12% 23.53% 22.74%
By-election results by province. Grey provinces indicate no election

The Turkish parliamentary by-elections of 1986 were held on 28 September 1986 in order to elect 11 Members of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The by-elections were held as a result of the vacation of 11 seats throughout the course of the 17th parliament. They took place in eleven different electoral districts, spanning ten provinces.

The governing Motherland Party (ANAP) won the most votes, winning 32.1% of the vote and 6 of the 11 seats up for election. The newly formed True Path Party (DYP) led by Hüsamettin Cindoruk came second with 23.5% and won 4 seats. Since ANAP and the DYP were both centre-right parties, their campaigns caused a vote split, which resulted in a reduction in the popular vote of the ANAP since the 1983 general election. The Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) came third with 22.7% and won the remaining seat, with the party's leader Erdal İnönü becoming an MP for İzmir. All provinces elected a single MP apart from Manisa, where two MPs were elected. In addition to İnönü, the leader of the DYP Hüsamettin Cindoruk was also elected as an MP for Zonguldak.

The by-elections were followed by the 1987 general election just over a year later.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Motherland Party	805,267	32.12	6
	True Path Party	590,069	23.53	4
	Social Democratic Populist Party	570,055	22.74	1
	Democratic Left Party	213,168	8.50	0
	Welfare Party	137,485	5.48	0
	Nationalist Workers Party	55,144	2.20	0
	Free Democratic Party	34,317	1.37	0
	Great Nation Party	32,303	1.29	0
	Citizen Party	25,814	1.03	0
	Reformist Democracy Party	15,729	0.63	0
	Great Anatolia Party	13,497	0.54	0
	Flag Party	9,058	0.36	0
	Independents	5,306	0.21	0
Total		2,507,212	100.00	11
Valid votes		2,507,212	96.70
Invalid/blank votes		85,540	3.30
Total votes		2,592,752	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,937,432	88.27
Source: Samanyolu Haber

Members elected

Electoral district	Candidate		Party
Ankara		Vahit Melih Halefoğlu	Motherland Party
Bingöl		Mahmut Sönmez	Motherland Party
Burdur		Sait Ekinci	Motherland Party
Gaziantep		Hasan Celal Güzel	Motherland Party
İstanbul		Hüsnü Doğan	Motherland Party
İzmir		Erdal İnönü	Social Democratic Populist Party
Manisa		Ümit Canuyar	True Path Party
		Sümer Oral	True Path Party
Niğde		Akın Gönen	Motherland Party
Samsun		Hüsamettin Cindoruk	True Path Party
Zonguldak		Köksal Toptan	True Path Party