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Turkish Parliamentary Elections, May 1954[1]

 

Political Parties

 

Percentage of Votes (%)

 

Number of Seats

Democratic Party

                                              58.4

                                               503

Republican People’s Party

                                              35.1

                                                 31

Republican Nation Party

                                                5.3

                                                   5

Turkish Peasant Party

                                                0.6

                                                   -

Independent

                                                0.6

                                                   2

Voter Turnout

                                              88.6

                                             541[2]                      

 

Sources: Republic of Tukey Prime Ministry Directorate General of Press and Information; and The Grand National Assembly of Turkey by Kasim ERDEM and Mehmet SOLAK

 

Compiled by Vishakh Krishnan Valiathan, Intern at MEI@ND (January-March 2018).

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[1] The parliamentary elections were held in one stage.

[2] The elections were held with a general, equal and secret voting based on majority system.