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1950 Turkish general election
← 1946
14 May 1950
1954 →
487 seats in the Grand National Assembly 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
89.3% [1]
First party
Second party
Leader
Celal Bayar
İsmet İnönü
Party
DP
CHP
Last election
64
395
Seats won
416
69
Seat change
352
326
Popular vote
4,391,694
3,148,626
Percentage
55.22%
39.59%
Prime Minister before election
Şemsettin Günaltay
CHP
Elected Prime Minister
Adnan Menderes
DP
General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Democrat Party (DP), which won 416 of the 487 seats with 55% of the vote.
Unlike the previous elections in 1946, the 1950 elections took place in a calm atmosphere. The results meant that Republican People's Party (CHP) was ousted from power for the first time since the foundation of the republic. Due to the electoral system designed to boost the dominant party's parliamentary numbers, the Democrat Party won 85% of the seats with only 55% of the popular vote. The CHP won 14% of the seats despite receiving nearly 40% of the popular vote.
^"MİLLETVEKİLİ GENEL SEÇİMLERİ 1923-2011" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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