1950 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Democrat Party (DP), which won 416 of the 487 seats with 55% of the vote.

1950 Turkish general election
14 May 1950
487 seats in the Grand National Assembly
244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout89.3% [1]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü
Party Democrat CHP
Last election 64 395
Seats won 416 69
Seat change Increase352 Decrease326
Popular vote 4,391,694 3,148,626
Percentage 55.22% 39.59%
Prime Minister before election

Şemsettin Günaltay
CHP

 Elected Prime Minister

Adnan Menderes
Democrat

Unlike the previous elections in 1946, the 1950 elections took place in a calm atmosphere. The results meant that Republican People's Party (CHP) was ousted from power for the first time since the foundation of the republic. Due to the electoral system designed to boost the dominant party's parliamentary numbers, the Democrat Party won 85% of the seats with only 55% of the popular vote. The CHP won 14% of the seats despite receiving nearly 40% of the popular vote.

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Democrat Party4,391,69455.22416+352
Republican People's Party3,148,62639.5969–326
Nation Party368,5374.631New
Independents44,5370.561–5
Total7,953,394100.00487+22
Registered voters/turnout8,905,743–
Source: YSK

Aftermath

On 22 May Celal Bayar was elected president. On the same day, the first DP government headed by the Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was formed. Bayar stepped down as leader of the DP and was replaced by Menderes.

References
  1. "MİLLETVEKİLİ GENEL SEÇİMLERİ 1923-2011" (PDF) (in Turkish). Turkish Statistical Institute. p. 5. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p238 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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