1987 Turkish general election

none Turkey parliamentary 1983 Turkish general election 1983 1991 Turkish general election 1991 All 450 seats in the Grand National Assembly 226 29 November 1987 93.28% ( 1.01pp) 130x130px Turgut Özal 1986.jpg Turgut Özal Motherland Party (Turkey) 45.14%, 211 seats 292 81 8,704,335 36.31% 8.83pp File:Erdal inönü SHP.jpg Erdal İnönü Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey) 30.46%, 117 seats 99 18 5,931,000 24.74% 5.72pp Suleyman Demirel 1998 (cropped).jpg Süleyman Demirel True Path Party – 59 New 4,587,062 19.14% New File:1987_Türkiye_Milletvekili_Seçimleri.png 370px Prime Minister Turgut Özal Motherland Party (Turkey) Turgut Özal Motherland Party (Turkey) General elections were held in Turkey on 29 November 1987. Prior to the elections, the military junta's restrictions on former politicians were lifted, allowing them to re-enter politics. However, only three political parties were approved by the junta to participate in the election.George Bruce Stenhouse Mark 1988-08-01 The Turkish general election of 29 November 1987 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379488900315 Electoral Studies 7 2 173–178 10.1016/0261-3794(88)90031-5 0261-3794 subscription Despite a reduction in its share of the vote, the Motherland Party retained its majority in parliament, gaining 81 seats. Voter turnout was 93.3%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p258 0-19-924958-X The elections saw the return of the religious oriented base of Necmettin Erbakan and the symbol names of the politics in the 1970s, Bülent Ecevit and Süleyman Demirel. Bülent Ecevit led the Democratic Left Party as the Republican People's Party was closed down after the coup of 1980. Süleyman Demirel founded the True Path Party to challenge the power of Turgut Özal on conservative liberal votes. The elections were marked by harsh restrictions on televised publicity for the opposition parties. Unlike the 1983 elections, there was no televised debate between the presidential candidates. Only one week before the elections, political infomercials from the different parties were aired. The Social Democratic Populist Party gained the most benefit of the infomercials, as the SHP polled about 30% compared to the 18% before screening the infomercial.National Elections in Turkey: People, Politics, and the Party System Wuthrich F. Michael 2015-07-28 Syracuse University Press 9780815634126 191 en Background On 26 September 1985 a merger protocol was signed between the Populist Party (HP) and the Social Democracy Party (SODEP). As a result, both parties held extraordinary congresses and HP was renamed the Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP), while SODEP was dissolved and merged into the SHP. This united the left in a single party.Karakoç Sedanur 2022 Türkiye ve Sosyal Demokrasi Üzerine Bir İnceleme: Sosyal Demokrasi Partisi (SODEP) https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2258332 Akademik Açı 2 1 38–64 Results File:Parliament of Turkey 1987.svg Motherland Party 8704335 292 +81 Social Democratic Populist Party 5931000 99 New True Path Party 4587062 59 New Democratic Left Party 2044576 0 New Welfare Party 1717425 0 New Nationalist Task Party 701538 0 New Reformist Democracy Party 196272 0 New Independents 89421 0 0 631912 26376926 +51 Nohlen et al. References Category:General elections in Turkey Turkey Turkey General Turkey General