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
Turnout	83.92% (9.36pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Süleyman Demirel Mesut Yılmaz Erdal İnönü Party DYP AP SHP Last election 19.14%, 59 seats 36.31%, 292 seats 24.74%, 99 seats Seats won 178 115 88 Seat change 119 177 11 Popular vote 6,600,726 5,862,623 5,066,571 Percentage 27.03% 24.01% 20.75% Swing 7.89pp 12.30pp 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 62 7 Popular vote 4,121,355 2,624,301 Percentage 16.88% 10.75% Swing 9.72pp 2.22pp
Prime Minister before election Mesut Yılmaz AP 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]