1961 Turkish general election

Turkish general election, 1961

15 October 1961
Total of 450 seats of the National Assembly (lower house of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey) 226 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader İsmet İnönü Ragıp Gümüşpala Osman Bölükbaşı Party CHP AP Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party Leader since 10 November 1938 11 February 1961 16 October 1958 Leader's seat Malatya İzmir Ankara Last election 178 seats, 41.1% New party New party Seats won 173 158 54 Seat change 5 158 54 Popular vote 3,724,752 3,527,435 1,415,390 Percentage 36.7% 34.8% 14.0% Swing 4.4% 34.8% 14.0%
Legislative election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Republican People's Party plurality, Purple denotes those with a Justice Party plurality, Orange denotes those with a Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party plurality. Blue denotes those with a New Turkey Party
Prime Minister before election Cemal Gürsel (acting Fahri Özdilek) (Military rule) Elected Prime Minister İsmet İnönü CHP

General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in 67 electoral districts. In order to receive seats in a district, parties needed to win a Hare quota in that district. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 173 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 81.4%.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
style="background:Template:Republican People's Party (Turkey)/meta/color;"|	Republican People's Party	3,724,752	36.7	173	–5
style="background:Template:Justice Party (Turkey)/meta/color;"|	Justice Party	3,527,435	34.8	158	New
style="background:Template:Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party/meta/color;"|	Republican Villagers Nation Party	1,415,390	14.0	54	New
	New Turkey Party	1,391,934	13.7	65	New
style="background:Template:Independent politician/meta/color;"|	Independents	81,372	0.8	0	–2
Invalid/blank votes		384,681	–	–	–
Total		10,522,716	100	450	-160
Source: Nohlen et al.