Parliamentary election in Turkey 1991

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Result (in%)
 %
30th
20th
10
0
27.0
24.0
20.8
16.9
10.8
0.5
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1987
 % p
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
-14
+7.9
-12.3
-3.9
+9.7
+2.3
-3.7
Otherwise.
Distribution of seats
     
A total of 450 seats

The election for the 19th Grand National Assembly of Turkey took place on October 20, 1991. The 450 members of the national parliament were elected .

The election brought defeat for the Anavatan Partisi. The election winner was Doğru Yol Partisi (Party of the Right Way), which, with its chairman, Süleyman Demirel, then appointed the new prime minister. In addition to the social democrat Halkçı Parti (Social Democratic Populist Party) as the third strongest force, two other parties made it over the 10% hurdle. The Refah Partisi won 16.9% and the Democracy Sol Parti (Democratic Left Party) entered parliament for the first time with 10.7% of the vote. The turnout was 83.9%.

Participating parties

6 different parties stood for election:

logo Political party Alignment
Doğru Yol Partisi Logo.gif Right Path Party (DYP) conservative
Motherland Party (ANAP) liberal - conservative
SHP Parteilogo.svg Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) social democratic
Refah Partisi.png Welfare Party (RP) Islamist
Democracy Sol Parti Logo.svg Democratic Left Party (DSP) social democratic
Socialist Party (SP) socialist

The right-wing extremist party of the Nationalist Movement (MHP) entered a list connection with the Islamist Welfare Party (RP) for the parliamentary election.

Election result

Winners by provinces
County winners
Result of the parliamentary elections in Turkey in 1991
Political party be right Seats
number % +/- number +/-
Right Path Party (DYP) 6,600,726 27.03 +7.89 178 +119
Motherland Party (ANAP) 5,862,623 24.01 -12.30 115 -177
Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) 5,066,571 20.75 -3.99 88 –11
Welfare Party (RP) 4,121,355 16.88 +9.72 62 +62
Democratic Left Party (DSP) 2,624,301 10.75 +2.22 7th +7
Socialist Party (SP) 108,369 0.44 New 0 New
Independent 32,721 0.13 -0.24 0 ± 0
total 24,416,666 100.00 450
Valid votes 24,416,666 97.06 −0.37
Invalid votes 740.423 2.94 +0.37
voter turnout 25.157.089 83.92 −9.36
Non-voters 4,822,034 16.08 +9.36
Registered voters 29,979,123
Source: Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Results of parliamentary elections 1923–2011 Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) , PDF file (Turkish)