Turkish general election, 1957
Turkish general election, 1957
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Total of 610 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
306 seats were needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Adnan Menderes |
İsmet İnönü |
| Party |
Democrat |
CHP |
| Last election |
490 seats, 57.6% |
30 seats, 35.4% |
| Seats won |
424 |
178 |
| Seat change |
 78 |
 147 |
| Popular vote |
4,372,621 |
3,753,136 |
| Percentage |
47.9% |
41.1% |
| Swing |
9.7% |
5.7% |
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Third party |
Fourth party |
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| Leader |
Osman Bölükbaşı |
Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu |
| Party |
CMP |
HP |
| Last election |
5 seats, 4.9% |
New Party |
| Seats won |
4 |
4 |
| Seat change |
1 |
4 |
| Popular vote |
652,064 |
350,597 |
| Percentage |
7.1% |
3.8% |
| Swing |
2.3% |
3.8% |
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General elections were held in Turkey on 27 October 1957. The electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote, with each electoral district electing an average of 9 members.[1] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 419 of the 602 seats.[2]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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| Democrat Party | 4,372,621 | 47.9 | 424 | –78 |
| Republican People's Party | 3,753,136 | 41.1 | 178 | +147 |
| Republican Nation Party | 652,064 | 7.1 | 4 | –1 |
| Liberty Party | 350,597 | 3.8 | 4 | New |
| Independents | 4,994 | 0.1 | 2 | –8 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 117,537 | – | – | – |
| Total | 9,250,949 | 100 | 602 | +67 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,078,623 | 76.6 | – | – |
| 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