Turkish general election, 1946

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Turkish general election, 1946
Turkey
1943 ←
21 July 1946 → 1950

Total of 465 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
233 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Inonu Ismet.jpg Celal bayar.jpg
Leader İsmet İnönü Celal Bayar
Party CHP Democrat
Seats won 395 61

Prime Minister before election

Şükrü Saraçoğlu
CHP

Elected Prime Minister

Recep Peker
CHP

General elections were held in Turkey on 21 July 1946,[1] the first multi-party elections in the country's history. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 395 of the 465 seats.

Results[edit]

Party Votes % Seats
Republican People's Party 395
Democratic Party 64
Independents 6
Invalid/blank votes - -
Total 465

Source: Nohlen et al.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p248 ISBN 0-19-924958-X