Turkish general election, 1957

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Turkish general election, 1957
Turkey
1954 ←
27 October 1957 → 1961

Total of 602 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
302 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 57.6%, 490 seats 35.4%, 30 seats
Seats won 424 178
Seat change –78 +147
Popular vote 4,372,621 3,753,136
Percentage 47.9% 41.1%
Swing –9.7pp +5.7pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Osman Bölükbaşı Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu
Party CMP HP
Last election 4.9%, 5 seats
Seats won 4 4
Seat change –1 New
Popular vote 652,064 350,597
Percentage 7.1% 3.8%
Swing +2.3pp

Prime Minister before election

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

General elections were held in Turkey on 27 October 1957. The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 419 of the 602 seats.[1]

Results[edit]

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party 4,372,621 47.9 424 –78
Republican People's Party 3,753,136 41.1 178 +147
Republican Nation Party 652,064 7.1 4 –1
Liberty Party 350,597 3.8 4 New
Independents 4,994 0.1 2 –8
Invalid/blank votes 117,537
Total 9,250,949 100 602 +67
Registered voters/turnout 12,078,623 76.6
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