Turkish general election, 1965
Turkish general election, 1965
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General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats.[1] Voter turnout was 71.3%.
Electoral system
A two-tier system of party-list proportional representation was used for this election. Turkey was divided into 66 districts. In each district, parties were awarded one seat for each Hare quota. Remaining votes and seats were pooled on the national level, where the remaining seats were distributed amongst the parties using the remaining votes using the Hare quota and largest remainder method. [2] (see also National ramnant)
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
Justice Party | 4,921,235 | 52.9 | 240 | +82 |
Republican People's Party | 2,675,785 | 28.7 | 134 | –39 |
Nation Party | 582,704 | 6.3 | 31 | New |
New Turkey Party | 346,514 | 3.7 | 19 | –46 |
Independents | 296,528 | 0.8 | 1 | +1 |
Workers Party | 276,101 | 3.0 | 14 | New |
Republican Villagers Nation Party | 208,696 | 2.1 | 11 | –43 |
Invalid/blank votes | 441,115 | – | – | – |
Total | 9,748,678 | 100 | 450 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p272 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p239 ISBN 0-19-924958-X