1991 Turkish general election

1991 Turkish general election

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All 450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout83.92% (Decrease9.36pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Süleyman Demirel Mesut Yılmaz Erdal İnönü
Party DYP ANAP SHP
Last election 19.14%, 59 seats 36.31%, 292 seats 24.74%, 99 seats
Seats won 178 115 88
Seat change Increase119 Decrease177 Decrease11
Popular vote 6,600,726 5,862,623 5,066,571
Percentage 27.03% 24.01% 20.75%
Swing Increase 7.89pp Decrease 12.30pp Decrease 3.99pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Necmettin Erbakan Bülent Ecevit
Party RP DSP
Last election 7.16%, 0 seats 8.53%, 0 seats
Seats won 62 7
Seat change Increase62 Increase7
Popular vote 4,121,355 2,624,301
Percentage 16.88% 10.75%
Swing Increase 9.72pp Increase 2.22pp


Prime Minister before election

Mesut Yılmaz
ANAP

Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
DYP

General elections were held in Turkey on 20 October 1991, to elect members to the 19th Grand National Assembly. It was the first by the ruling Motherland Party to be contested without its founding leader, Turgut Özal, who had become Turkish president two years previously. The result was a swing against Özal's former party in favour of its fierce centre-right rival, the True Path Party led by Süleyman Demirel. The vote saw two additional parties cross the 10 percent barrier to enter parliament. Necmettin Erbakan and his Welfare Party saw a party of religious background returned for the first time in 14 years. Welfare had a greatly increased share of the vote and took several key provinces, including Istanbul in 1994 local elections. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party also scraped through to win seven seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.[1]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p258 ISBN 0-19-924958-X