1973 Turkish general election

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450 seats in the Grand National Assembly
226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout| 66.82% (2.47pp)
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Leader  | Bülent Ecevit | Süleyman Demirel
Party  | CHP | AP
Last election  | 27.36%, 143 seats  | 46.53%, 256 seats
Seats won  | 185 | 149
Seat change  | 42  | 107
Popular vote  | 3,570,583 | 3,197,897
Percentage  | 33.30% | 29.82%
Swing  | 5.94pp  | 16.71pp

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| Third party  | Fourth party
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Leader  | Ferruh Bozbeyli | Süleyman Arif Emre
Party  | DP | MSP
Last election  | –  | –
Seats won  | 45  | 48
Seat change  | New | New
Popular vote  | 1,275,502  | 1,265,771
Percentage  | 11.89%  | 11.80%
Swing  | New | New

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General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged as the largest party, winning 185 of the 450 seats with 33% of the vote. The Justice Party (AP) led by Süleyman Demirel, which had won a majority in the previous elections in 1969, lost over a third of its seats, winning just 149. This was a result of two new parties, the National Salvation Party and the Democratic Party, splitting the right-wing vote.[1]

The CHP formed a government with the religious-oriented National Salvation Party on 26 January 1974. However, the government lasted only ten months before its fall.

## Party endorsements

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Within the left-wing prisoners jailed in Mamak following the 1971 Turkish military memorandum, the Revolutionary Youth Federation of Turkey (DEV-GENÇ), People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey and People's Liberation Army of Turkey members supported voting for Republican People's Party of Bülent Ecevit meanwhile Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey boycotted the elections.[2]

## Results

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Voter turnout was 66.8%.[3]

Party| Votes| %| Seats| +/–

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| Republican People's Party| 3,570,583| 33.30| 185| +42
| Justice Party| 3,197,897| 29.82| 149| –107
| Democratic Party| 1,275,502| 11.89| 45| New
| National Salvation Party| 1,265,771| 11.80| 48| New
| Republican Reliance Party| 564,343| 5.26| 13| –2
| Nationalist Movement Party| 362,208| 3.38| 3| +2
| Unity Party| 121,759| 1.14| 1| –7
| Nation Party| 62,377| 0.58| 0| –6
| Independents| 303,218| 2.83| 6| –7
Total| 10,723,658| 100.00| 450| 0
Valid votes| 10,723,658| 95.54|
Invalid/blank votes| 500,185| 4.46|
Total votes| 11,223,843| 100.00|
Registered voters/turnout| 16,798,164| 66.82|
Source: Nohlen et al.

## References

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1. ^ "12 MART'TAN 12 EYLÜL'E TÜRKİYE'DE SEÇİMLER VE SONUÇLARI" (PDF) (in Turkish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-27.
2. ^ Zileli, Gün (28 March 2023). ""Boykot taktiği" üzerine". Artı Gerçek (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p257 ISBN 0-19-924958-X

## External links

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