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]
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450 seats in the Grand National Assembly 226 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 66.82% ( 2.47pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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 PartyofBülent Ecevit meanwhile Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey boycotted the elections.[2]
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. | |||||
