Turkish general election, 1991

Turkish general election, 1991

20 October 1991

Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were needed for a majority Turnout 83.9%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Süleyman Demirel Mesut Yılmaz Erdal İnönü Party DYP ANAP SHP Leader since 6 September 1987 15 June 1991 30 May 1986 Leader's seat Isparta Rize İzmir Last election 59 seats, 19.10% 292 seats, 36.31% 99 seats, 24.74% Seats won 178 115 88 Seat change 119 177 11 Popular vote 6,600,726 5,862,623 5,066,571 Percentage 27.03% 24.01% 20.75% Swing 7.93% 12.30% 3.99%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Necmettin Erbakan Bülent Ecevit Doğu Perinçek Party Welfare Democratic Left Socialist Leader since 11 October 1987 15 January 1989 July 1991 Leader's seat Konya Zonguldak İzmir Last election no seats, 7.20% no seats, 8.50% New party Seats won 62 7 0 Seat change 62 7 ±0 Popular vote 4,121,355 2,624,301 108,369 Percentage 16.87% 10.74% 0.44% Swing 9.67% 2.24% 0.44%

Prime Minister before election Mesut Yılmaz ANAP Elected Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel DYP

General elections were held in Turkey on 20 October 1991, to elect members to the 19th Grand National Assembly. It was the first by the ruling Motherland Party to be contested without its founding leader, Turgut Özal, who had become Turkish president two years previously. The result was a swing against Özal's former party in favour of its fierce centre-right rival, the True Path Party led by Süleyman Demirel. The vote saw two additional parties cross the 10 percent barrier to enter parliament. Necmettin Erbakan and his Welfare Party saw a party of religious background returned for the first time in 14 years. Welfare had a greatly increased share of the vote and took several key provinces, including Istanbul in 1994 local elections. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party also scraped through to win seven seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.^[1]

Results

References

Elections and referendums in Turkey
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By-elections	1986 2003
See also: Elections in the Ottoman Empire