Turkish general election, 1969
Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
226 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
64.3%
First party
Second party
Leader
Süleyman Demirel
İsmet İnönü
Party
AP
CHP
Leader since
28 November 1964
10 November 1938
Leader's seat
Isparta
Malatya
Last election
240 seats, 52.9%
134 seats, 28.8%
Seats won
256
143
Seat change
16
9
Popular vote
4,229,712
2,487,006
Percentage
46.5%
27.4%
Swing
6.4%
1.4%
General elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1969. The result was a victory for the Justice Party , which won 256 of the 450 seats.[ 1] Voter turnout was 64.3%.
Results [ edit ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/-
Justice Party
4,229,712
46.5
256
+16
Republican People's Party
2,487,006
27.4
143
+9
Reliance Party
597,818
6.6
15
New
Independents
511,023
5.6
13
+12
Nation Party
292,961
3.2
6
-25
Nationalist Movement Party
275,091
3.0
1
-10
Unity Party
254,695
2.8
8
New
Workers Party
243,631
2.7
2
-12
New Turkey Party
197,929
2.2
6
-13
Invalid/blank votes
429,739
-
-
-
Total
9,516,035
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