Parliamentary election in Turkey 1999

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Result (in%)

 %

30th

20th

10

0

22.2

18.0

15.4

13.2

12.0

8.7

4.8

1.5

4.2

DSP

MHP

FP ^c

ANAP

DYP

CHP

HADEP

BBP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1995

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+7.6

+9.8

-6.0

-6.5

-7.2

-2.0

+0.6

+1.5

+2.2

DSP

MHP

FP ^c

ANAP

DYP

CHP

HADEP

BBP

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^c 1995: Refah Partisi

Distribution of seats

      

A total of 550 seats

• DSP : 136
• Independent: 3
• ANAP : 86
• DYP : 85
• MHP : 129
• FP : 111

The election for the 21st Grand National Assembly of Turkey took place on April 18, 1999. The 550 members of the national parliament were elected . For the first time, local / municipal elections were held on the day of a parliamentary election .

The two biggest winners were the Democratic Left Party (DSP) and the Party of the Nationalist Movement (MHP), both of which achieved almost 20 percent each and subsequently formed a coalition. Presumably, their election results benefited from the arrest of the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan .

Participating parties

20 different parties ran for election:

logo		Political party	Alignment
		Democratic Left Party (DSP)	social democratic
		Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	right-wing extremist
		Virtue Party (FP)	Islamic - conservative
		Motherland Party (ANAP)	liberal - conservative
		Right Path Party (DYP)	conservative
		Republican People's Party (CHP)	Kemalist , social democratic
		People's Democracy Party (HADEP)	Minority policy
		Great Unity Party (BBP)	Islamic - nationalist
		Party of Freedom and Solidarity (ÖDP)	socialist
		Democratic Turkey Party (DTP)
		Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	liberal
		Democratic Party (DP)
		People's Party (MP)	nationalist
		Peace Party (BP)
		Workers' Party (IP)	socialist
		Labor Party (EMEP)	Marxist-Leninist
		Party of Rebirth (YDP)
		Socialist ruling party (SİP)	socialist
		Turkish Party of Change (DEPAR)
		Democracy and Peace Party (DBP)

Number of MPs by province

Adana 14 Adıyaman 5 Afyonkarahisar 7 Ağrı 5 Amasya 3 Ankara 29 Antalya 13 Artvin 2 Aydın 8 Balıkesir 8 Bilecik 2 Bing oil 3

Bitlis 4 Bolu 5 Burdur 3 Bursa 16 Çanakkale 4 Çankırı 3 Çorum 5 Denizli 7 Diyarbakır 11 Edirne 4 Elazığ 5 Erzincan 3

Erzurum 7 Eskişehir 6 Gaziantep 9 Giresun 5 Gümüşhane 2 Hakkari 3 Hatay 10 Isparta 5 Mersin 12 İstanbul 69 İzmir 24 Kars 3

Kastamonu 4 Kayseri 8 Kırklareli 3 Kırşehir 3 Kocaeli 9 Konya 16 Kütahya 6 Malatya 7 Manisa 10 Kahramanmaraş 8 Mardin 6 Mugla 6

Must 4 Nevşehir 3 Niğde 3 Ordu 7 Rize 3 Sakarya 6 Samsun 9 Siirt 3 Sinop 3 Sivas 6 Tekirdağ 5 Tokat 7

Trabzon 8 Tunceli 2 Şanlıurfa 11 Usak 3 Van 7 Yozgat 6 Zonguldak 5 Aksaray 4 Bayburt 2 Karaman 3 Kırıkkale 4 Batman 4

Şırnak 3 Bartın 2 Ardahan 2 Iğdır 2 Yalova 2 Karabuk 3 Kilis 2 Osmaniye 4

Election result

Winners by provinces ( İl )

County winners ( İlçe )

18% of voters were not represented in parliament.

Result of the parliamentary elections in Turkey in 1999

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Democratic Left Party (DSP)	6,919,668	22.19	+7.55	136	+60
	Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	5,606,634	17.98	+9.80	129	+129
	Virtue Party (FP)	4,805,384	15.41	−5.97	111	−47
	Motherland Party (ANAP)	4,122,926	13.22	−6.43	86	−46
	Right Path Party (DYP)	3,745,417	12.01	−7.17	85	−50
	Republican People's Party (CHP)	2,716,096	8.71	−2.00	0	−49
	People's Democracy Party (HADEP)	1,482,194	4.75	+0.58	0	± 0
	Great Unity Party (BBP)	456.354	1.46	New	0	New
	Independent candidates	270.265	0.87	+0.39	3	+3
	Party of Freedom and Solidarity (ÖDP)	248,555	0.80	New	0	New
	Democratic Turkey Party (DTP)	179,873	0.58	New	0	New
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	127.168	0.41	New	0	New
	Democratic Party (DP)	92,089	0.30	New	0	New
	People's Party (MP)	79,363	0.25	−0.20	0	± 0
	Peace Party (BP)	78.923	0.25	New	0	New
	Workers' Party (IP)	57,593	0.18	−0.04	0	± 0
	Labor Party (EMEP)	51,752	0.17	New	0	New
	Party of Rebirth (YDP)	44,782	0.14	−0.20	0	± 0
	Socialist ruling party (SİP)	37,671	0.12	New	0	New
	Turkish Party of Change (DEPAR)	37,370	0.12	New	0	New
	Democracy and Peace Party (DBP)	24,419	0.08	New	0	New
total		31.184.496	100.00		550
Valid votes		31.184.496	95.49	−1.16
Invalid votes		1,471,574	4.51	+1.16
voter turnout		32,656,070	87.09	+1.89
Non-voters		4,839,147	12.91	−1.89
Registered voters		37.495.217
Source: Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)

consequences

On May 28, 1999, Bülent Ecevit from the social democratic DSP founded a coalition government with the far-right MHP and the fourth-strongest party called the “ Motherland Party ” (ANAP ) to prevent the radical religious virtue party (FP) from taking over power. Ecevit became Prime Minister again after more than two decades, and the MHP was again involved in a government after 21 years.

literature

• Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz and Christof Hartmann: Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001 ISBN 0-19-924958-X .

Web links

• Results and assessment on the website of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
• Turkey at the gates of Europe (election results on table 2)

See also

• Political system of Turkey

Individual evidence

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