1969 Turkish general election

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.[1] The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 64.3%.

1969 Turkish general election
12 October 1969
450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout64.35% (Decrease6.91pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü
Party AP CHP
Leader since 28 November 1964 10 November 1938
Leader's seat Isparta Malatya
Last election 52.87%, 240 seats 28.75%, 134 seats
Seats won 256 143
Seat change Increase16 Increase9
Popular vote 4,229,712 2,487,006
Percentage 46.53% 27.36%
Swing Decrease6.34pp Decrease1.39pp
Prime Minister before election

Süleyman Demirel
AP

 Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
AP

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Justice Party4,229,71246.53256+16
Republican People's Party2,487,00627.36143+9
Reliance Party597,8186.5815New
Nation Party292,9613.226–25
Nationalist Movement Party275,0913.031–10
Unity Party254,6952.808New
Workers' Party243,6312.682–12
New Turkey Party197,9292.186–13
Independents511,0235.6213+12
Total9,089,866100.004500
Valid votes9,086,29695.48
Invalid/blank votes429,7394.52
Total votes9,516,035100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,788,55264.35
Source: Nohlen et al.

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