Turkish general election, 1954

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Turkish general election, 1954
Turkey
1950 ←
May 2, 1954 → 1957

Total of 541 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
271 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  Adnan Menderes VI. Yasama Dönemi.jpg Inonu Ismet.jpg
Leader Adnan Menderes İsmet İnönü
Party Democrat CHP
Last election 408 69
Seats won 490 30
Seat change Increase82 Decrease39
Popular vote 5,151,550 3,161,696
Percentage 57.6% 35.4%
Swing Increase4.3% Decrease4.5%

Prime Minister before election

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954. The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 490 of the 535 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 88.6%.

Results[edit]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party 5,151,550 57.6 490 +82
Republican People's Party 3,161,696 35.4 30 –39
Republican Nation Party 434,085 4.9 5 New
Peasants' Party 57,011 0.6 0 New
Independents 137,318 4.8 10 +1
Invalid/blank votes 153,957
Total 9,095,617 100.00 535 +48
Registered voters/turnout 10,262,063 88.6
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X