Turkish general election, 1961
Turkish general election, 1961
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Legislative election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Republican People's Party plurality, Purple denotes those with a Justice Party plurality, Orange denotes those with a Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party plurality. Blue denotes those with an New Turkey Party |
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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