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Turkish Parliamentary Elections, May 1950

 

Political Parties

 

Percentage of Votes (%)

 

Number of Seats

Democratic Party[1]

                                           55.2

                                    416

Republican People’s Party[2]

                                           39.6

                                      69

Nation Party

                                             4.6

                                        1

Independent

                                             0.6

                                        1

Voter Turnout[3]

                                           89.3

                                    487

 

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).

 


 

 

[1] Democratic party won the elections with a great majority.

[2] Republican People’s Party ended its 27-year long governance.

[3] The Elections were held in a stage, with general, equal and secret voting based on majority basis. The votes were free and personal. Counting and sorting of votes were open.