Turkish general election, 1935

Turkish general election, 1935
Turkey
8 February 1935
Total of 428 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
220 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Independents
Party CHP Independent
Leader since 9 September 1923
Leader's seat Ankara
Last election 287 30 seats
Seats won 401 27
Seat change Increase114 Decrease3
Prime Minister before election

İsmet İnönü
CHP

 Elected Prime Minister

İsmet İnönü
CHP

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General elections were held in Turkey on 8 February 1935.[1] The Republican People's Party was the only party in the country at the time.

Electoral system

The elections were held under the Ottoman electoral law passed in 1908,[1] which provided for a two-stage process. In the first stage, voters elected secondary electors (one for the first 750 voters in a constituency, then one for every additional 500 voters). In the second stage the secondary electors elected the members of the Chamber of Deputies.[2]

Following a change in the law in 1934, women were granted the right to vote and run for election, and the age of voting was raised from 18 to 22.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p337
  2. ↑ Weiner & Özbudun, p334
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