1939 Turkish general election

none 1939 Turkish general election Turkey parliamentary no 1935 Turkish general election 1935 1943 Turkish general election 1943 All 429 seats in the Grand National Assembly 215 26 March 1939 Inonu Ismet (cropped).jpg İsmet İnönü Republican People's Party Prime Minister Refik Saydam Republican People's Party Refik Saydam Republican People's Party 1939_Türkiye_Milletvekili_Genel_Seçimleri.png 77.8% General elections were held in Turkey on 26 March 1939.Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p337 The Republican People's Party was the only party in the country at the time. Voter turnout was reported to be 77.8%.Weiner & Özbudun, p340 Electoral system The elections were held under the Ottoman electoral law passed in 1908, which provided for a two-stage process. In the first stage, voters elected secondary electors (one for the first 750 voters in a constituency, then one for every additional 500 voters). In the second stage the secondary electors elected the members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.Weiner & Özbudun, p334 A total of 429 members were elected.https://www.tuik.gov.tr/IcerikGetir.do?istab_id=152 Mi̇lletveki̇li̇ Genel Seçi̇mleri̇ 1923 - 2011 Turkish Statistical Institute 23 2025-12-03 2015-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20150614211322/https://www.tuik.gov.tr/IcerikGetir.do?istab_id=152 bot: unknown References expanded Turkey Turkey General Category:General elections in Turkey Category:One-party elections Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Turkey Turkey