1969 Turkish general election

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12 October 1969

1973 →

450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

64.35% (

6.91pp)

Prime Minister before election

Süleyman Demirel
AP

Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
AP

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. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 64.3%.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Justice Party	4,229,712	46.53	256	+16
	Republican People's Party	2,487,006	27.36	143	+9
	Reliance Party	597,818	6.58	15	New
	Nation Party	292,961	3.22	6	–25
	Nationalist Movement Party	275,091	3.03	1	–10
	Unity Party	254,695	2.80	8	New
	Workers' Party	243,631	2.68	2	–12
	New Turkey Party	197,929	2.18	6	–13
	Independents	511,023	5.62	13	+12
Total		9,089,866	100.00	450	0

Valid votes		9,086,296	95.48
Invalid/blank votes		429,739	4.52
Total votes		9,516,035	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,788,552	64.35
Source: Nohlen et al.

Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p239 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
Nohlen et al., p272

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