1973 Turkish general election

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14 October 1973

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

Turnout

66.82% (

2.47pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Bülent Ecevit	Süleyman Demirel
Party	CHP	AP
Last election	27.36%, 143 seats	46.53%, 256 seats
Seats won	185	149
Seat change	42	107
Popular vote	3,570,583	3,197,897
Percentage	33.30%	29.82%
Swing	5.94pp	16.71pp

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Ferruh Bozbeyli	Süleyman Arif Emre
Party	DP	MSP
Last election	–	–
Seats won	45	48
Seat change	New	New
Popular vote	1,275,502	1,265,771
Percentage	11.89%	11.80%
Swing	New	New

Largest party by province.

Prime Minister before election

Naim Talu

Elected Prime Minister

Bülent Ecevit
CHP

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General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged as the largest party, winning 185 of the 450 seats with 33% of the vote. The Justice Party (AP) led by Süleyman Demirel, which had won a majority in the previous elections in 1969, lost over a third of its seats, winning just 149. This was a result of two new parties, the National Salvation Party and the Democratic Party, splitting the right-wing vote.

The CHP formed a government with the religious-oriented National Salvation Party on 26 January 1974. However, the government lasted only ten months before its fall.

Party endorsements

Within the left-wing prisoners jailed in Mamak following the 1971 Turkish military memorandum, the Revolutionary Youth Federation of Turkey (DEV-GENÇ), People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey and People's Liberation Army of Turkey members supported voting for Republican People's Party of Bülent Ecevit meanwhile Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey boycotted the elections.

Results

Voter turnout was 66.8%.


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Republican People's Party	3,570,583	33.30	185	+42
	Justice Party	3,197,897	29.82	149	–107
	Democratic Party	1,275,502	11.89	45	New
	National Salvation Party	1,265,771	11.80	48	New
	Republican Reliance Party	564,343	5.26	13	–2
	Nationalist Movement Party	362,208	3.38	3	+2
	Unity Party	121,759	1.14	1	–7
	Nation Party	62,377	0.58	0	–6
	Independents	303,218	2.83	6	–7
Total		10,723,658	100.00	450	0

Valid votes		10,723,658	95.54
Invalid/blank votes		500,185	4.46
Total votes		11,223,843	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		16,798,164	66.82
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

"12 MART'TAN 12 EYLÜL'E TÜRKİYE'DE SEÇİMLER VE SONUÇLARI" (PDF) (in Turkish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-27.
Zileli, Gün (28 March 2023). ""Boykot taktiği" üzerine". Artı Gerçek (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p257 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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