610 seats in the Grand National Assembly 306 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
76.6%[1] 12.0pp
First party
Second party
Leader
Adnan Menderes
İsmet İnönü
Party
DP
CHP
Last election
58.42%, 503 seats
35.11%, 31 seats
Seats won
424
178
Seat change
79
147
Popular vote
4,497,811
3,825,267
Percentage
48.62%
41.35%
Swing
9.80pp
6.24pp
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Osman Bölükbaşı
Fevzi Lütfi Karaosmanoğlu
Party
CMP
HP
Last election
5.28%, 5 seats
–
Seats won
4
4
Seat change
1
New
Popular vote
604,087
321,471
Percentage
6.53%
3.48%
Swing
1.25pp
New
Prime Minister before election
Adnan Menderes
DP
Elected Prime Minister
Adnan Menderes
DP
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 nine members.[2] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 424 of the 610 seats.[3]
^"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.
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