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General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. The Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged as the largest party, winning 173 of the 450 seats.[1] It was the first time the CHP had won the most seats after the transition to a multi-party system, and the first time no party won a majority of seats. Voter turnout was 81%.
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450 seats in the National Assembly 226 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 81.41% (4.82pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The electoral system used was party-list proportional representation with the D'Hondt method in 67 electoral districts. In order to receive seats in a district, parties needed to win a Hare quota in that district.[2]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Republican People's Party | 3,724,752 | 36.73 | 173 | –5 | |
Justice Party | 3,527,435 | 34.78 | 158 | New | |
Republican Villagers Nation Party | 1,415,390 | 13.96 | 54 | New | |
New Turkey Party | 1,391,934 | 13.73 | 65 | New | |
Independents | 81,732 | 0.81 | 0 | –2 | |
Total | 10,141,243 | 100.00 | 450 | –160 | |
Valid votes | 10,138,035 | 96.34 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 384,681 | 3.66 | |||
Total votes | 10,522,716 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 12,925,395 | 81.41 | |||
Source: YSK |
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