Turkish general election, 1969
Turkish general election, 1969
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Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
226 seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout |
64.3% |
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First party |
Second party |
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| Leader |
Süleyman Demirel |
İsmet İnönü |
| Party |
AP |
CHP |
| Leader since |
28 November 1964 |
10 November 1938 |
| Leader's seat |
Isparta |
Malatya |
| Last election |
240 seats, 52.9% |
134 seats, 28.8% |
| Seats won |
256 |
143 |
| Seat change |
 16 |
9 |
| Popular vote |
4,229,712 |
2,487,006 |
| Percentage |
46.5% |
27.4% |
| Swing |
 6.4% |
1.4% |
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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.[1] The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 64.3%.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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| Justice Party | 4,229,712 | 46.5 | 256 | +16 |
| Republican People's Party | 2,487,006 | 27.4 | 143 | +9 |
| Reliance Party | 597,818 | 6.6 | 15 | New |
| Independents | 511,023 | 5.6 | 13 | +12 |
| Nation Party | 292,961 | 3.2 | 6 | –25 |
| Nationalist Movement Party | 275,091 | 3.0 | 1 | –10 |
| Unity Party | 254,695 | 2.8 | 8 | New |
| Workers Party | 243,631 | 2.7 | 2 | –12 |
| New Turkey Party | 197,929 | 2.2 | 6 | –13 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 429,739 | – | – | – |
| Total | 9,516,035 | 100 | 450 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p239 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p272 ISBN 0-19-924958-X