1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly election

1920 Turkish Grand National Assembly election
436 seats in the Grand National Assembly; 218 seats needed for a majority
	Elected Speaker ; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; ARMHC

General elections were held in the Ottoman Empire in 1920 in order to select delegates to the new Grand National Assembly.^[1] The elections were dominated by the Association for the Defense of the Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia (Turkish: Anadolu ve Rumeli Müdafaa-i Hukuk Cemiyeti), which consisted of nationalist local groups protesting against the Allied occupation of Turkey.

^ Weiner, Myron; Özbudun, Ergun (1987). Competitive Elections in Developing Countries. Duke University Press. p. 336. ISBN 0-8223-0766-9.

[WeinerÖzbudun1987-1] Weiner, Myron; Özbudun, Ergun (1987). Competitive Elections in Developing Countries. Duke University Press. p. 336. ISBN 0-8223-0766-9.

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