The outcomes of the Turkish general elections before 1980

Turkish general elections before 1980

The outcomes of the Turkish general elections before 1980 is as follows. After coup d'etat in 1980 all political parties were closed by the military rule...

 (more specifically between 1946-1977) is as follows. After coup d'etat in 1980 all political parties were closed by the military rule. For the elections after 1980 see Turkish general elections after 1980.
In the table below only the percentage of the votes received by the parties which were qualified to send representatives to the parliament are shown. Thus, the summation of percentages may be lower than 100 %. The winner is shown in color. The legend of the abbrevations is shown at the end of the table.

Date of election	CHP Republican People's Party (Turkey) The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to...	DP	MP-CMP	HP Liberty Party (Turkey) - Background :Democrat Party won the 1950 elections and ended the one party era of Turkey. DP, being a moderately right wing party had promised a freer press and wider scope of basic liberties during the election campaign....	AP Justice Party (Turkey) The Justice Party was a Turkish political party prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of the Democrat Party, the AP was dominated by Süleyman Demirel, who served six times as prime minister, and was in office at the time of the military coup on September 12, 1980...	CKMP-MHP Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party , is a far-right political party in Turkey.In the 2002 general elections, the party had lost its 129 seats as it had won only 8.34% of the national vote...	YTP New Turkey Party (1961) New Turkey Parti was a former Turkish political party- Background :Democrat Party which was the ruling party of Turkey between 1950 and 1960 was closed by the military rule in 1960. In 1961, a number of new parties were founded to fill the political gap of Democrat Party...	MP Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) The Nation Party was a Turkish conservative and nationalistic political party active from 1962 to 1977.-History:An earlier party named "Nation Party" had existed from 1948 to 1953, when it was outlawed...	TİP Workers Party of Turkey Workers Party of Turkey was a Turkish political party, founded in 1961. It became the first socialist party in Turkey to win representation in the national parliament. It was banned twice and eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1988.TİP was founded by a group of labor union...	GP-CGP	BP-TBP	DP Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) - Background :Democrat Party which was the ruling party between 1950-1960 was closed by the military rule. In 1961 and 1965 elections most of ex Democrat Party adherents supported Justice Party, a party founded in 1961. After 1965 elections Justice Party came to power...	MSP National Salvation Party The National Salvation Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party . The party was led by Necmettin Erbakan...	Indep.
21.07.1946 Turkish general election, 1946 General elections were held in Turkey on 21 July 1946, the first multi-party elections in the country's history. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 395 of the 465 seats.-Results:...	85	13												2
14.05.1950 Turkish general election, 1950 General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 408 of the 487 seats.-Results:...	39,5	52,7	3,1											4,8
02.05.1954 Turkish general election, 1954 General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 490 of the 535 seats. Voter turnout was 88.6%.-Results:...	35,3	57,5	4,8											1,8
27.10.1957 Turkish general election, 1957 General elections were held in Turkey on 27 October 1957. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 419 of the 602 seats.-Results:...	41,1	48	7,1	3,8
15.10.1961 Turkish general election, 1961 General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 173 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 81.4%.-Results:...	36,7				34,8	13,9	13,7
10.10.1965 Turkish general election, 1965 General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 71.3%.-Results:...	28,8				52,9	2,2	3,7	6,3	3					3,2
12.10.1969 Turkish general election, 1969 General elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1969. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 64.3%.-Results:...	27,4				46,6	3	2,2	3,2	2,7	6,6	2,8			5,6
14.10.1973 Turkish general election, 1973 General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party , who won 185 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 66.8%....	33,3				29,8	3,4				5,3	1,1	11,9	11,8	2,8
05.06.1977 Turkish general election, 1977 General elections were held in Turkey on 5 June 1977. Elections took place in the middle of a political race between the right wing party AP and the left wing party CHP. With the charismatic leadership of Bülent Ecevit, CHP managed to beat one of the symbol figures of the conservative politics of...	41,4				36,9	6,4				1,9		1,9	8,6	2,5

Legent of the abbreviations

• CHP:Republican People's party
• DP:Democrat Party
• MP:Nation Party

Later CMP:Republican Nation Party

• HP:Liberty Party
• AP:Justice Party
• CKMP: Republican Peasants' Nation Party (former CMP after merging with another party)

Later MHP: National Movement Party

• YTP:New Turkey Party
• MP:Nation Party (issued from CKMP)
• TİP:Turkish Workers' Party
• GP: Confidence Party (issued from CHP)

Later CGP:Republican Confidence Party

• BP: Unity Party

Later TBP: Unity Party of Turkey

• DP:Democratic Party (issued from AP)
• MSP: National Salvation Party