Turkish general election, 1961
Turkish general election, 1961
|
|
|
|
Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
226 seats were needed for a majority |
| |
First party |
Second party |
Third party |
| |
 |
 |
.jpg) |
| Leader |
İsmet İnönü |
Ragıp Gümüşpala |
Osman Bölükbaşı |
| Party |
CHP |
AP |
CKMP |
| Leader since |
10 November 1938 |
11 February 1961 |
16 October 1958 |
| Leader's seat |
Malatya |
İzmir |
Ankara |
| Last election |
178 seats, 41.1% |
New party |
New party |
| Seats won |
173 |
158 |
54 |
| Seat change |
 5 |
 158 |
54 |
| Popular vote |
3,724,752 |
3,527,435 |
1,415,390 |
| Percentage |
36.7% |
34.8% |
14.0% |
| Swing |
4.4% |
34.8% |
14.0% |
|
|
General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 173 of the 450 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 81.4%.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/- |
|---|
| Republican People's Party | 3,724,752 | 36.7 | 173 | -5 |
| Justice Party | 3,527,435 | 34.8 | 158 | New |
| Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party | 1,415,390 | 14.0 | 54 | New |
| New Turkey Party | 1,391,934 | 13.7 | 65 | New |
| Independents | 81,372 | 0.8 | 0 | -2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 384,681 | - | - | - |
| Total | 10,522,716 | 100 | 450 | -152 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p272 ISBN 0-19-924958-X