Turkish general election, 1950

Turkish general election, 1950

1946 ←
May 14, 1950
→ 1954

Total of 487 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
244 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü
Party DP CHP
Last election 64 395
Seats won 408 69
Popular vote 4,241,393 3,176,561
Percentage 53.3 39.9

Prime Minister before election

Şemsettin Günaltay
CHP

Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
DP

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 408 of the 487 seats.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Democratic Party 4,241,393 53.3 408 +344
Republican People's Party 3,176,561 39.9 69 -326
Independents 383,282 4.8 9 +3
Nation Party 250,414 3.1 1 New
Invalid/blank votes - - -
Total 7,953,055 100.00 487 +22
Source: Nohlen et al

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 019924958