Turkish general election, 1965
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.[ 1] Voter turnout was 71.3%.
Results [ edit ]
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.
References [ edit ]
^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , p272 ISBN 0-19-924958-X