1950 Turkish general election

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487 seats in the Grand National Assembly
244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 89.3% [1]
  First party Second party
  Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg Inonu Ismet.jpg
Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü
Party Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961) Republican People's Party
Last election 64 395
Seats won 416 69
Seat change Increase352 Decrease326
Popular vote 4,391,694 3,148,626
Percentage 55.22% 39.59%

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Prime Minister before election

Şemsettin Günaltay
Republican People's Party

Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Democrat Party, which won 416 of the 487 seats.

Results

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References

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  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

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