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Turkey's 12th general election was held on October 20, 1991. It was the first by the ruling Motherland Party to be contested without its founding leader, Turgut Özal, who had become Turkish president two years previously. The result was a swing against Özal's former party in favour of its fierce centre-right rival, the True Path Party led by Süleyman Demirel.
The vote saw two additional parties cross the 10 percent barrier to enter parliament. Necmettin Erbakan and his Welfare Party saw a party of religious background returned for the first time in 14 years. Welfare had a greatly increased share of the vote and took several key provinces, including Istanbul. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party also scraped through to win seven seats.
[edit] Results
[edit] Total votes and seats for each party
| Parties |
Votes |
Seats |
| No. |
% |
+− % |
No. |
+− |
|
True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi) |
6,600,726 |
27.03 |
+7.63 |
178 |
+119 |
|
Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi) |
5,862,623 |
24.01 |
-12.30 |
115 |
-177 |
|
Social Democratic Populist Party (Sosyaldemokrat Halkçı Partisi) |
5,066,571 |
20.75 |
-3.89 |
88 |
-11 |
|
Welfare Party (Refah Partisi) |
4,121,355 |
16.88 |
+9.72 |
62 |
+62 |
|
Democratic Left Party (Demokratik Sol Parti) |
2,624,301 |
10.75 |
+2.22 |
7 |
+7 |
|
Socialist Party (Sosyalist Parti) |
108.369 |
0.44 |
|
0 |
|
|
Independents |
32,721 |
0.13 |
-0.24 |
0 |
|
| No. of valid votes |
24,416,666 |
100,00 |
|
450 |
0 |
| Invalid votes |
740,423 |
|
| Total votes |
25,157,089 |
| Electorate size |
|
| Voter turnout |
|
|
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