Turkish general election, 1991
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Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
226 seats were needed for a majority |
| Turnout |
83.9% |
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First party |
Second party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Süleyman Demirel |
Mesut Yılmaz |
Erdal İnönü |
| Party |
DYP |
ANAP |
SHP |
| Leader since |
6 September 1987 |
15 June 1991 |
30 May 1986 |
| Leader's seat |
Isparta |
Rize |
İzmir |
| Last election |
59 seats, 19.10% |
292 seats, 36.31% |
99 seats, 24.74% |
| Seats won |
178 |
115 |
88 |
| Seat change |
 119 |
 177 |
11 |
| Popular vote |
6,600,726 |
5,862,623 |
5,066,571 |
| Percentage |
27.03% |
24.01% |
20.75% |
| Swing |
7.93% |
12.30% |
3.99% |
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Fourth party |
Fifth party |
Sixth party |
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| Leader |
Necmettin Erbakan |
Bülent Ecevit |
Doğu Perinçek |
| Party |
Welfare |
Democratic Left |
Socialist |
| Leader since |
11 October 1987 |
15 January 1989 |
July 1991 |
| Leader's seat |
Konya |
Zonguldak |
İzmir |
| Last election |
no seats, 7.20% |
no seats, 8.50% |
New party |
| Seats won |
62 |
7 |
0 |
| Seat change |
62 |
7 |
±0 |
| Popular vote |
4,121,355 |
2,624,301 |
108,369 |
| Percentage |
16.87% |
10.74% |
0.44% |
| Swing |
9.67% |
2.24% |
0.44% |
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General elections were held in Turkey on 20 October 1991, to elect members to the 19th Grand National Assembly. It was the first by the ruling Motherland Party to be contested without its founding leader, Turgut Özal, who had become Turkish president two years previously. The result was a swing against Özal's former party in favour of its fierce centre-right rival, the True Path Party led by Süleyman Demirel. The vote saw two additional parties cross the 10 percent barrier to enter parliament. Necmettin Erbakan and his Welfare Party saw a party of religious background returned for the first time in 14 years. Welfare had a greatly increased share of the vote and took several key provinces, including Istanbul in 1994 local elections. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party also scraped through to win seven seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.[1]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
+/– |
| True Path Party |
6,600,726 |
27.0 |
178 |
+119 |
| Motherland Party |
5,862,623 |
24.0 |
115 |
–177 |
| Social Democratic Populist Party |
5,066,571 |
20.8 |
88 |
–11 |
| Welfare Party |
4,121,355 |
16.9 |
62 |
+62 |
| Democratic Left Party |
2,624,301 |
10.7 |
7 |
+7 |
| Socialist Party |
108,369 |
0.4 |
0 |
New |
| Independents |
32,721 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
740,423 |
– |
– |
– |
| Total |
25,157,089 |
100 |
450 |
0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |
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