Turkish general election, 1954

Turkish general election, 1954

May 2, 1954

Total of 541 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 271 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader Adnan Menderes İsmet İnönü Party Democrat CHP Last election 408 69 Seats won 490 30 Seat change 82 39 Popular vote 5,151,550 3,161,696 Percentage 57.6% 35.4% Swing 4.3% 4.5%

Prime Minister before election Adnan Menderes Democrat Elected Prime Minister Adnan Menderes Democrat

General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954.The electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote.^[1] The result was a victory for the Democrat Party, which won 490 of the 535 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 88.6%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Democrat Party	5,151,550	57.6	490	+82
Republican People's Party	3,161,696	35.4	30	–39
Republican Nation Party	434,085	4.9	5	New
Peasants' Party	57,011	0.6	0	New
Independents	137,318	4.8	10	+1
Invalid/blank votes	153,957	–	–	–
Total	9,095,617	100.00	535	+48
Registered voters/turnout	10,262,063	88.6	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p271 ISBN 0-19-924958-X