1946 Turkish general election

none gov March 2024 Turkey parliamentary 1943 Turkish general election 1943 1950 Turkish general election 1950 All 465 seats in the Grand National Assembly 233 21 July 1946 Inonu Ismet (cropped).jpg İsmet İnönü Republican People's Party 395 Mahmut Celâl Bayar.jpg Celâl Bayar Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961) 64 1946 Turkish general election - Results by constituency.svg Prime Minister Şükrü Saracoğlu Republican People's Party Recep Peker Republican People's Party General elections were held in Turkey on 21 July 1946,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p248 0-19-924958-X the first multi-party general elections in the country's history. The multiple non-transferable vote electoral system was used.Nohlen et al., p238 The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 395 of the 465 seats. This election was held on the basis of open voting, secret counting and majority system, with the exception of judicial supervision (open vote, secret classification). Due to these irregularities, it has also been referred to as a "fraudulent election".Cumhuriyetin 75. Yılı, C. 1, Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998, 9789750804489, s. 291.Sina Akşin, Ana Çizgileriyle Türkiye'nin Yakın Tarihi, İkinci Baskı, İmaj Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1996, 975-7852-18-X, s. 216. Results 250px Republican People's Party 395 Democrat Party 64 Independents 6 Nohlen et al. References Category:General elections in Turkey Turkey Turkey General Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:July 1946 in Turkey