1969 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1969. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in 66 electoral districts.[2] The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 64.3%.

1969 Turkish general election
12 October 1969
Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
226 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout64.3%[1] 7.0pp
  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%
Prime Minister before election

Süleyman Demirel
AP

 Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
AP

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Justice Party4,229,71246.5256+16
Republican People's Party2,487,00627.4143+9
Reliance Party597,8186.615New
Independents511,0235.613+12
Nation Party292,9613.26–25
Nationalist Movement Party275,0913.01–10
Unity Party254,6952.88New
Workers Party243,6312.72–12
New Turkey Party197,9292.26–13
Invalid/blank votes429,739–––
Total9,516,0351004500
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, p239 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  3. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p272 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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