1969 Turkish general election

1969 Turkish general election

12 October 1969
Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	64.3% 7.0pp
First party Second party   Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü Party AP CHP Leader since 28 November 1964 10 November 1938 Leader's seat Isparta Malatya Last election 240 seats, 52.9% 134 seats, 28.8% Seats won 256 143 Seat change 16 9 Popular vote 4,229,712 2,487,006 Percentage 46.5% 27.4% Swing 6.4% 1.4%
Prime Minister before election Süleyman Demirel AP Elected Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel AP

General elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1969. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in 66 electoral districts. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 64.3%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Justice Party	4,229,712	46.5	256	+16
Republican People's Party	2,487,006	27.4	143	+9
Reliance Party	597,818	6.6	15	New
Independents	511,023	5.6	13	+12
Nation Party	292,961	3.2	6	–25
Nationalist Movement Party	275,091	3.0	1	–10
Unity Party	254,695	2.8	8	New
Workers Party	243,631	2.7	2	–12
New Turkey Party	197,929	2.2	6	–13
Invalid/blank votes	429,739	–	–	–
Total	9,516,035	100	450	0
Source: Nohlen et al.