1965 Turkish general election

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1965 Turkish general election

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Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
226 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout71.3%[1] Decrease 10.1pp
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü Osman Bölükbaşı
Party AP CHP MP
Leader since 28 November 1964 10 November 1938 20 July 1948
Leader's seat Isparta Malatya Ankara
Last election 158 seats, 34.8% 173 seats, 36.7% New party
Seats won 240 134 31
Seat change Increase82 Decrease39 Increase31
Popular vote 4,921,235 2,675,785 582,704
Percentage 52.9% 28.7% 6.3%
Swing Increase18.1% Decrease8.0% Increase6.3%

Prime Minister before election

Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
(Coalition)

Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
AP

General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 71.3%.

Electoral system

A two-tier system of party-list proportional representation was used for this election. Turkey was divided into 66 districts. In each district, parties were awarded one seat for each Hare quota. Remaining votes and seats were pooled on the national level, where the remaining seats were distributed amongst the parties using the remaining votes using the Hare quota and largest remainder method.[3] (see also National ramnant)

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Justice Party 4,921,235 52.9 240 +82
Republican People's Party 2,675,785 28.7 134 –39
Nation Party 582,704 6.3 31 New
New Turkey Party 346,514 3.7 19 –46
Independents 296,528 0.8 1 +1
Workers Party 276,101 3.0 14 New
Republican Villagers Nation Party 208,696 2.1 11 –43
Invalid/blank votes 441,115
Total 9,748,678 100 450 0
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, p272 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p239 ISBN 0-19-924958-X