Turkish general election, 1961
Turkish general election, 1961
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| Legislative election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Republican People's Party plurality, Purple denotes those with a Justice Party plurality, Orange denotes those with a Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party plurality. Blue denotes those with an New Turkey Party |
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General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in 67 electoral districts. In order to receive seats in a district, parties needed to win a Hare quota in that district.[1] The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 173 of the 450 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 81.4%.
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
|---|
| Republican People's Party | 3,724,752 | 36.7 | 173 | –5 |
| Justice Party | 3,527,435 | 34.8 | 158 | New |
| Republican Peasants' Nationalist Party | 1,415,390 | 14.0 | 54 | New |
| New Turkey Party | 1,391,934 | 13.7 | 65 | New |
| Independents | 81,372 | 0.8 | 0 | –2 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 384,681 | – | – | – |
| Total | 10,522,716 | 100 | 450 | -152 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p239 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p272 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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