Turkish general election, 1950

Turkish general election, 1950

May 14, 1950

Total of 487 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 244 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü Party Democrat CHP Last election 64 395 Seats won 408 69 Seat change 347 326 Popular vote 4,241,393 3,176,561 Percentage 53.3% 39.9%

Prime Minister before election Şemsettin Günaltay CHP Elected Prime Minister Adnan Menderes Democrat

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.^[1] The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 408 of the 487 seats.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democrat Party	4,241,393	53.3	408	+344
Republican People's Party	3,176,561	39.9	69	–326
Nation Party	250,414	3.1	1	New
Independents	383,282	4.8	9	+3
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	7,953,055	100.00	487	+22
Registered voters/turnout	8,905,743	89.3	–	–
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