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 seats, 53.3% 69 seats, 39.9%
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 electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote.[1] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 490 of the 535 seats.[2] 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. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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