1969 Turkish general election

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1969 Turkish general election
Flag of Turkey.svg
  1965 12 October 1969 1973  

450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.35% (Decrease2.svg6.91pp)
 First partySecond party
  Demirel 1976 cropped.jpg Ismet Inonu 1964 (cropped).jpg
Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü
Party AP CHP
Leader since28 November 196410 November 1938
Leader's seat Isparta Malatya
Last election52.87%, 240 seats28.75%, 134 seats
Seats won256143
Seat changeIncrease2.svg16Increase2.svg9
Popular vote4,229,7122,487,006
Percentage46.53%27.36%
SwingDecrease2.svg6.34ppDecrease2.svg1.39pp

1969 Turkiye Milletvekili Genel Secimleri.png

Prime Minister before election

Süleyman Demirel
AP

Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
AP

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. [1] The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats. [2] Voter turnout was 64.3%.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Justice Party 4,229,71246.53256+16
Republican People's Party 2,487,00627.36143+9
Reliance Party 597,8186.5815New
Nation Party 292,9613.226–25
Nationalist Movement Party 275,0913.031–10
Unity Party 254,6952.808New
Workers' Party 243,6312.682–12
New Turkey Party 197,9292.186–13
Independents511,0235.6213+12
Total9,089,866100.004500
Valid votes9,086,29695.48
Invalid/blank votes429,7394.52
Total votes9,516,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,788,55264.35
Source: Nohlen et al.

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References

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