1965 Turkish general election

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1965 Turkish general election
Flag of Turkey.svg
  1961 10 October 1965 1969  

450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout71.26% (Decrease2.svg10.15pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Demirel 1976 cropped.jpg Ismet Inonu 1964 (cropped).jpg Osman Bolukbasi (cropped).jpg
Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü Osman Bölükbaşı
Party AP CHP MP
Last election34.78%, 158 seats36.73%, 173 seats
Seats won24013431
Seat changeIncrease2.svg82Decrease2.svg39New
Popular vote4,921,2352,675,785582,704
Percentage52.87%28.75%6.26%
SwingIncrease2.svg18.09ppDecrease2.svg7.98ppNew

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Prime Minister before election

Suat Hayri Ürgüplü

Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
AP

General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats. [1] Voter turnout was 71.3%.

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Electoral system

The national remnant electoral system was used. This was a two-tier system of party-list proportional representation, with the country divided into 66 districts. In each district, parties were awarded one seat for each Hare quota. Remaining votes and seats were pooled on the national level, where the remaining seats were distributed amongst the parties using the remaining votes using the Hare quota and largest remainder method. [2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Justice Party 4,921,23552.87240+82
Republican People's Party 2,675,78528.75134–39
Nation Party 582,7046.2631New
New Turkey Party 346,5143.7219–46
Workers' Party 276,1012.9714New
Republican Villagers Nation Party 208,6962.2411–43
Independents296,5283.191+1
Total9,307,563100.004500
Valid votes9,307,56395.48
Invalid/blank votes441,1154.52
Total votes9,748,678100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,679,75371.26
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p272 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p239