Turkish general election, 1987
Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
226 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout
93.3%
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Turgut Özal
Erdal İnönü
Süleyman Demirel
Party
ANAP
SHP
DYP
Leader since
20 May 1983
30 May 1986
6 September 1987
Leader's seat
İstanbul
İzmir
Isparta
Last election
211 seats, 45.14%
117 seats, 30.46%
New party
Seats won
292
99
59
Seat change
81
18
59
Popular vote
8,704,335
5,931,000
4,587,062
Percentage
36.31%
24.74%
19.10%
Swing
8.83%
5.72%
19.1%
General elections were held in Turkey on 29 October 1987. This election is important for two events; the Military junta 's restrictions on former politicians were lifted so they joined to the political scene again, whilst the Motherland Party retained its majority in the parliament by losing votes but gaining more seats, thanks to the electoral system of the country. Voter turnout was 93.3%.[ 1]
The 1987 election saw the return of the religious oriented base of Necmettin Erbakan and the symbol names of the politics in the 1970s, Bülent Ecevit and Süleyman Demirel . Bülent Ecevit led DSP because CHP was closed down after the coup of 1980. Süleyman Demirel founded DYP to challenge the power of Turgut Özal on conservative liberal votes.
Results [ edit ]
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/-
Motherland Party
8,704,335
36.3
292
+81
Social Democratic Populist Party
5,931,000
24.7
99
New
True Path Party
4,587,062
19.1
59
New
Democratic Left Party
2,044,576
8.5
0
New
Welfare Party
1,717,425
7.2
0
New
Nationalist Workers Party
701,538
2.9
0
New
Reformist Democracy Party
196,272
0.8
0
New
Independents
89,421
0.4
0
0
Invalid/blank votes
631,912
-
-
-
Total
24,603,541
100
450
+51
Source: Nohlen et al.
References [ edit ]
^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , p258 ISBN 0-19-924958-X