Turkish general election, 1954
Turkish general election, 1954
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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 Party | 5,151,550 | 57.6 | 490 | +82 |
| Republican People's Party | 3,161,696 | 35.4 | 30 | –39 |
| Republican Nation Party | 434,085 | 4.9 | 5 | New |
| Peasants' Party | 57,011 | 0.6 | 0 | New |
| Independents | 137,318 | 4.8 | 10 | +1 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 153,957 | – | – | – |
| Total | 9,095,617 | 100.00 | 535 | +48 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,262,063 | 88.6 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
