1954 Turkish general election
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541 seats in the Grand National Assembly 271 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 88.6%[1]  0.7pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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%.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Democrat Party | 5,313,659 | 58.42 | 503 | +87 | |
| Republican People's Party | 3,193,471 | 35.11 | 31 | –38 | |
| Republican Nation Party | 480,249 | 5.28 | 5 | New | |
| Turkish Villagers' Party | 50,935 | 0.56 | 0 | New | |
| Democratic Labour Party | 910 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 56,393 | 0.62 | 2 | –6 | |
| Total | 9,095,617 | 100.00 | 541 | +54 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,262,063 | – | |||
| Source: YSK | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "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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