1946 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 21 July 1946,[1] the first multi-party elections in the country's history. The multiple non-transferable vote electoral system was used.[2] The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 395 of the 465 seats.

1946 Turkish general election

21 July 1946

Total of 465 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
233 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader İsmet İnönü Celal Bayar
Party Republican Democrat
Seats won 395 64

Prime Minister before election

Şükrü Saraçoğlu
CHP

Elected Prime Minister

Recep Peker
CHP

Results

Party Votes % Seats
Republican People's Party395
Democratic Party64
Independents6
Invalid/blank votes
Total465

Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p248 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.