1965 Turkish general election

Turkish general election, 1965

10 October 1965
Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	71.3%
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 82 39 31 Popular vote 4,921,235 2,675,785 582,704 Percentage 52.9% 28.7% 6.3% Swing 18.1% 8.0% 6.3%
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. 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. (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.