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1957 Turkish general election

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1957 Turkish general election
← 1954 27 October 1957 1961 →
Total of 610 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
306 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout76.6%[1] Decrease 12.0pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Adnan Menderes İsmet İnönü
Party DP Republican
Last election 503 seats, 58.4% 31 seats, 35.1%
Seats won 424 178
Seat change Decrease79 Increase147
Popular vote 4,497,811 3,825,267
Percentage 48.6% 41.4%
Swing Decrease9.8% Increase6.3%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Osman Bölükbaşı Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu
Party CMP HP
Last election 5 seats, 5.3% New Party
Seats won 4 4
Seat change Decrease1 Increase4
Popular vote 604,087 321,471
Percentage 6.5% 3.5%
Swing Increase1.2% Increase3.5%
Prime Minister before election

Adnan Menderes
DP

Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
DP

General elections were held in Turkey on 27 October 1957. The electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote, with each electoral district electing an average of nine members.[2] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 424 of the 610 seats.[3][4]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
style="background:Template:Democratic Party (Turkey, historical)/meta/color;"| Democrat Party 4,497,811 48.6 424 –79
style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color;"| Republican People's Party 3,825,267 41.4 178 +147
Republican Nation Party 604,087 6.5 4 –1
Liberty Party 321,471 3.5 4 New
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"| Independents 1,850 0.1 0 –2
Patriotic Party 463 0.0 0 New
Invalid/blank votes 117,537 – – –
Total 9,250,949 100 610 +69
Registered voters/turnout 12,078,623 76.6 – –
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ "MİLLETVEKİLİ GENEL SEÇİMLERİ 1923 - 2011" (PDF) (in Turkish). Yüksek Seçim Kurulu. p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  4. ^ "Election results of 1957 according to the Turkish Statistical Institute". Archived from the original on 2018-04-17.
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