1957 Turkish general election
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610 seats in the Grand National Assembly 306 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 76.6%[1] [画像:Decrease] 12.0pp | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Results
[edit ]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat Party | 4,497,811 | 48.62 | 424 | –79 | |
| Republican People's Party | 3,825,267 | 41.35 | 178 | +147 | |
| Republican Nation Party | 604,087 | 6.53 | 4 | –1 | |
| Liberty Party | 321,471 | 3.48 | 4 | New | |
| Homeland Party | 463 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 1,850 | 0.02 | 0 | –2 | |
| Total | 9,250,949 | 100.00 | 610 | +69 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,078,623 | – | |||
| 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.