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1961 Turkish general election

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Turkish general election, 1961

← 1957 October 15, 1961 1965 →

Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
  First party Second party
 
Leader İsmet İnönü Ragıp Gümüşpala
Party CHP AP
Last election 178
Seats won 173 158
Popular vote 3,724,752 3,527,435
Percentage 36.74 34.79

Prime Minister before election

Adnan Menderes
Democratic Party (Turkey)

Elected Prime Minister

İsmet İnönü
CHP


Turkey's 5th election was held on October 15, 1961 to select 450 MPs for the new term of TBMM.

Results

Party Party leader Number of votes received Percentage of votes (%) Number of deputies
Republican People's Party (Turkey) İsmet İnönü 3,724,752 36.74 173
Justice Party (Turkey) Ragıp Gümüşpala 3,527,435 34.79 158
Republicanist Villager and Nation Party Osman Bölükbaşı 1,415,390 13.96 54
New Turkey Party Ekrem Alican 1,391,934 13.73 65
Independent 81,732 0.81 0
Total 10,141,243 100.00 450
  • tr:Resim:1961.jpg, Chart of the election from Turkish Wikipedia
  • [1], Brief explanation of the results