Turkish general election, 1946

Turkish general election, 1946

21 July 1946

Total of 465 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 233 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader İsmet İnönü Celal Bayar Party CHP Democrat Seats won 395 61

Prime Minister before election Şükrü Saraçoğlu CHP Elected Prime Minister Recep Peker CHP

General elections were held in Turkey on 21 July 1946,^[1] the first multi-party elections in the country's history. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 395 of the 465 seats.

Results

Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Elections and referendums in Turkey Presidential elections 2014 General elections 1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1946 1950 1954 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2007 2011 2015 Local elections 1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1955 1963 1968 1973 1977 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019 Senate elections 1961 1964 1966 1968 1973 1975 1977 1979 Referendums 1961 1982 1987 1988 2007 2010 By-elections 1986 2003 See also: Elections in the Ottoman Empire