General election in Turkey 1946

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Result (in%)
 %
90
80
70
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
85.2
13.3
1.5
Independent
Distribution of seats
   
A total of 465 seats
  • CHP : 396
  • Independent: 7
  • DP : 62

The parliamentary election in Turkey on July 21, 1946 was the third multi-party election in the history of the Republic of Turkey , following the 1930 local elections and the local elections on May 26, 1946 .

The choice is not considered a completely equal and free choice.

The 465 members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly were elected . The ruling CHP received almost six-seventh of all votes cast. After the parliamentary elections, Recep Peker (1889–1950 ) was elected Prime Minister on August 7, 1946 as the successor to Şükrü Saracoğlu (1887–1953). He held this office until September 10, 1947.

Results

Political party Chairman Share of votes Seats
Republican People's Party İsmet İnönü 85.2% 396
Democratic Party Celâl Bayar 13.3% 62
Independent 1.5% 7th
total 100.0% 465

Footnotes

  1. ↑ in the article "The Turkish Party Democracy Discussions About Parties, Suffrage and Political Culture" incorrectly says "second"
  2. ↑ Sabri Sayari, Yilmaz R. Esmer (Ed., 2002): Politics, parties, and elections in Turkey , p. 1 ( ISBN 978-1588260222 )