1950 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Democrat Party, which won 408 of the 487 seats.[3]

1950 Turkish general election
May 14, 1950
Total of 487 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
244 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout89.3%[1] pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü
Party Democrat Republican
Last election 64 395
Seats won 408 69
Seat change 347 326
Popular vote 4,241,393 3,176,561
Percentage 53.3% 39.9%
Prime Minister before election

Şemsettin Günaltay
CHP

 Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party4,241,39352.68408+344
Republican People's Party3,176,56138.4569–326
Nation Party250,4143.111New
Independents383,2824.769+3
Invalid/blank votes–––
Total8,051,650100.00487+22
Registered voters/turnout8,905,74390.41––
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. "MİLLETVEKİLİ GENEL SEÇİMLERİ 1923 - 2011" (PDF) (in Turkish). Yüksek Seçim Kurulu. p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  3. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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