Turkish general election, 1965

Turkish general election, 1965

10 October 1965

Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 71.3%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü Osman Bölükbaşı Party AP CHP MP Leader since 28 November 1964 10 November 1938 20 July 1948 Leader's seat Isparta Malatya Ankara Last election 158 seats, 34.8% 173 seats, 36.7% New party Seats won 240 134 31 Seat change 82 39 31 Popular vote 4,921,235 2,675,785 582,704 Percentage 52.9% 28.7% 6.3% Swing 18.1% 8.0% 6.3%

Prime Minister before election İsmet İnönü CHP Elected Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel AP

General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats.^[1] Voter turnout was 71.3%.

Results

References

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