1950 Turkish general election

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1950 Turkish general election

← 1946 14 May 1950 1954 →
487 seats in the Grand National Assembly 244 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	89.3% [1]
First party Second party   Leader Celal Bayar İsmet İnönü Party DP CHP Last election 64 395 Seats won 416 69 Seat change 352 326 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 DP

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.

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.