Turkish general election, 1973

14 October 1973

Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	66.8%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Bülent Ecevit	Süleyman Demirel	Necmettin Erbakan
Party	CHP	AP	MSP
Leader since	14 May 1972	28 November 1964	11 October 1972
Leader's seat	Zonguldak	Isparta	Konya
Last election	143 seats, 27.4%	256 seats, 46.5%	New party
Seats won	185	149	48
Seat change	42	107	48
Popular vote	3,570,583	3,197,897	1,265,771
Percentage	33.3%	29.8%	11.8%
Swing	5.9%	16.7%	11.8%

Prime Minister before election

Naim Talu
(Coalition)

Elected Prime Minister

Bülent Ecevit
CHP

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General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party (CHP), who won 185 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 66.8%.^[1]

However, 185 seats were not enough for CHP to form the government so they formed an alliance with the religious oriented National Salvation Party of Necmettin Erbakan. This controversial government could only last for ten months before its fall. The most important decision of the government was the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Republican People's Party	3,570,583	33.3	185	+42
Justice Party	3,197,897	29.8	149	–107
Democratic Party	1,275,502	11.9	45	New
National Salvation Party	1,265,771	11.8	48	New
Republican Reliance Party	564,343	5.3	13	–2
Nationalist Movement Party	362,208	3.4	3	+2
Independents	303,218	2.8	6	–7
Unity Party	121,759	1.1	1	–7
Nation Party	62,377	0.6	0	–6
Invalid/blank votes	500,185	–	–	–
Total	11,223,843	100	450	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p257 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

External links

, Brief explanation of the results

Elections and referendums in Turkey

Presidential elections	2014

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Referendums	1961 1982 1987 1988 2007 2010 2017

By-elections	1986 2003

See also: Elections in the Ottoman Empire

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