541 seats in the Grand National Assembly 271 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
88.6%[1] 0.7pp
First party
Second party
Leader
Adnan Menderes
İsmet İnönü
Party
DP
CHP
Last election
55.22%, 416 seats
39.59%, 69 seats
Seats won
503
31
Seat change
87
38
Popular vote
5,313,659
3,193,471
Percentage
58.42%
35.11%
Swing
3.20pp
4.48pp
Most voted-for party by province
Prime Minister before election
Adnan Menderes
DP
Elected Prime Minister
Adnan Menderes
DP
General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954. The electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the Democrat Party, which won 503 of the 541 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 88.6%.
^"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
^"Mi̇lletveki̇li̇ Genel Seçi̇mleri̇ 1923 - 2011" (PDF). YSK. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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