1973 Turkish general election

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.[1]

1973 Turkish general election
14 October 1973
450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.82% (Increase2.47pp)
  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 Increase42 Decrease107
Popular vote 3,570,583 3,197,897
Percentage 33.30% 29.82%
Swing Increase5.94pp Decrease16.71pp
  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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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.[2]

Results

Voter turnout was 66.8%.[3]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Republican People's Party3,570,58333.30185+42
Justice Party3,197,89729.82149–107
Democratic Party1,275,50211.8945New
National Salvation Party1,265,77111.8048New
Republican Reliance Party564,3435.2613–2
Nationalist Movement Party362,2083.383+2
Unity Party121,7591.141–7
Nation Party62,3770.580–6
Independents303,2182.836–7
Total10,723,658100.004500
Valid votes10,723,65895.54
Invalid/blank votes500,1854.46
Total votes11,223,843100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,798,16466.82
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. "12 MART'TAN 12 EYLÜL'E TÜRKİYE'DE SEÇİMLER VE SONUÇLARI" (PDF) (in Turkish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-27.
  2. Zileli, Gün (28 March 2023). ""Boykot taktiği" üzerine". Artı Gerçek (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  3. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p257 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  • , Brief explanation of the results
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