Turkish general election, 1973
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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Turkey |
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General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party (CHP), who won 185 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 66.8%.[1]
However, 185 seats were not enough for CHP to form the government so they formed an alliance with the religious oriented National Salvation Party of Necmettin Erbakan. This controversial government could only last for ten months before its fall. The most important decision of the government was the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Republican People's Party | 3,570,583 | 33.3 | 185 | +42 |
Justice Party | 3,197,897 | 29.8 | 149 | –107 |
Democratic Party | 1,275,502 | 11.9 | 45 | New |
National Salvation Party | 1,265,771 | 11.8 | 48 | New |
Republican Reliance Party | 564,343 | 5.3 | 13 | –2 |
Nationalist Movement Party | 362,208 | 3.4 | 3 | +2 |
Independents | 303,218 | 2.8 | 6 | –7 |
Unity Party | 121,759 | 1.1 | 1 | –7 |
Nation Party | 62,377 | 0.6 | 0 | –6 |
Invalid/blank votes | 500,185 | – | – | – |
Total | 11,223,843 | 100 | 450 | 0 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ 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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