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541 seats in the Grand National Assembly 271 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 88.6%[1] 0.7pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954. The electoral system used was the multiple non-transferable vote.[2] The result was a landslide victory for the Democrat Party, which won 503 of the 541 seats.[3] Voter turnout was 88.6%.