1935 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 8 February 1935.^[1] The Republican People's Party was the only party in the country at the time.

1935 Turkish general election

← 1931 8 February 1935 1939 →
All 428 seats in the Grand National Assembly 215 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk – Party CHP Independents Last election 287 30 seats Seats won 401 27 Seat change 114 3
Prime Minister before election İsmet İnönü CHP Elected Prime Minister İsmet İnönü CHP

Electoral system

The elections were held under the Ottoman electoral law passed in 1908,^[1] which provided for a two-stage process. In the first stage, voters elected secondary electors (one for the first 750 voters in a constituency, then one for every additional 500 voters). In the second stage the secondary electors elected the members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.^[2]

Following a change in the law in 1934, women were granted the right to vote and run for election, and the age of voting was raised from 18 to 22.^[1]

See also

• Women in Turkish politics

References

1. Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p337
2. Weiner & Özbudun, p334