1969 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1969. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in 66 electoral districts. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 64.3%.

1969 Turkish general election
12 October 1969
450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.35% (6.91pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü
Party AP CHP
Leader since 28 November 1964 10 November 1938
Leader's seat Isparta Malatya
Last election 52.87%, 240 seats 28.75%, 134 seats
Seats won 256 143
Seat change 16 9
Popular vote 4,229,712 2,487,006
Percentage 46.53% 27.36%
Swing 6.34pp 1.39pp
Prime Minister before election

Süleyman Demirel
AP

 Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
AP

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.