Turkish general election, 1954

Turkish general election, 1954
Turkey
May 2, 1954

Total of 541 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
271 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Adnan Menderes İsmet İnönü
Party Democrat CHP
Last election 408 69
Seats won 490 30
Seat change Increase82 Decrease39
Popular vote 5,151,550 3,161,696
Percentage 57.6% 35.4%
Swing Increase4.3% Decrease4.5%

Prime Minister before election

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954. The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 490 of the 535 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 88.6%.

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democrat Party5,151,55057.6490+82
Republican People's Party3,161,69635.430–39
Republican Nation Party434,0854.95New
Peasants' Party57,0110.60New
Independents137,3184.810+1
Invalid/blank votes153,957
Total9,095,617100.00535+48
Registered voters/turnout10,262,06388.6
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X