1969 Turkish general election|
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| Turnout | 64.35% ( 6.91pp) |
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| | First party | Second party | | |  | .jpg) | | Leader | Süleyman Demirel | İsmet İnönü | | Party | AP | CHP | | Leader since | 28 November 1964 | 10 November 1938 | | Leader's seat | Isparta | Malatya | | Last election | 52.87%, 240 seats | 28.75%, 134 seats | | Seats won | 256 | 143 | | Seat change |  16 | 9 | | Popular vote | 4,229,712 | 2,487,006 | | Percentage | 46.53% | 27.36% | | Swing | 6.34pp | 1.39pp | |
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General elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1969. The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation using the D'Hondt method in 66 electoral districts.[1] The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 64.3%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Justice Party | 4,229,712 | 46.53 | 256 | +16 |
| Republican People's Party | 2,487,006 | 27.36 | 143 | +9 |
| Reliance Party | 597,818 | 6.58 | 15 | New |
| Nation Party | 292,961 | 3.22 | 6 | –25 |
| Nationalist Movement Party | 275,091 | 3.03 | 1 | –10 |
| Unity Party | 254,695 | 2.80 | 8 | New |
| Workers' Party | 243,631 | 2.68 | 2 | –12 |
| New Turkey Party | 197,929 | 2.18 | 6 | –13 |
| Independents | 511,023 | 5.62 | 13 | +12 |
| Total | 9,089,866 | 100.00 | 450 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 9,086,296 | 95.48 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 429,739 | 4.52 | |
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| Total votes | 9,516,035 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 14,788,552 | 64.35 | |
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| Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p239 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlen et al., p272
