1965 Turkish general election

none Turkey parliamentary 1961 Turkish general election 1961 1969 Turkish general election 1969 450 seats in the Grand National Assembly 226 10 October 1965 71.26% (10.15pp) 130x130px Demirel 1976 cropped.jpg Süleyman Demirel Justice Party (Turkey) 34.78%, 158 seats 240 82 4,921,235 52.87% 18.09pp İsmet İnönü 1964 (cropped).jpg İsmet İnönü Republican People's Party 36.73%, 173 seats 134 39 2,675,785 28.75% 7.98pp Osman Bölükbaşı (cropped).jpg Osman Bölükbaşı Nation Party (Turkey, 1962) – 31 New 582,704 6.26% 1965 Türkiye Milletvekili Genel Seçimleri.png 300px New Prime Minister Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Süleyman Demirel Justice Party (Turkey) General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p272 0-19-924958-X Voter turnout was 71.3%. Electoral system The national remnant electoral system was used. This was a two-tier system of party-list proportional representation, with the country divided into 66 districts. In each district, parties were awarded one seat for each Hare quota. Remaining votes and seats were pooled on the national level, where the remaining seats were distributed amongst the parties using the remaining votes using the Hare quota and largest remainder method.Nohlen et al., p239 Results File:1965 Turkish General Elections.svg Justice Party 4921235 240 +82 Republican People's Party 2675785 134 –39 Nation Party 582704 31 New New Turkey Party 346514 19 –46 Workers' Party 276101 14 New Republican Villagers Nation Party 208696 11 –43 Independents 296528 1 +1 441115 13679753 0 Nohlen et al. References Category:General elections in Turkey Turkey Turkey General Category:October 1965 in Turkey