1954 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954.The electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote.[2] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 503 of the 541 seats.[3][4] Voter turnout was 88.6%.

1954 Turkish general election
May 2, 1954
Total of 541 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
271 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout88.6%[1] 0.7pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Adnan Menderes İsmet İnönü
Party Democrat Republican
Last election 408 seats, 53.3% 69 seats, 39.9%
Seats won 503 31
Seat change 95 38
Popular vote 5,313,659 3,193,471
Percentage 58.4% 35.1%
Swing 5.1% 4.9%
Prime Minister before election

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

 Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party5,313,65958.4503+95
Republican People's Party3,193,47135.131–38
Republican Nation Party480,2495.35New
Peasants' Party50,9350.60New
Independents56,3930.62–6
Workers' Party9100.00New
Invalid/blank votes153,957–––
Total9,095,617100.00541+54
Registered voters/turnout10,262,06388.6––
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
  4. "Turkish general election results of the year 1954 according to the Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey". YSK. Archived from the original on 2020-02-10. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
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