1943 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 28 February 1943.[1] They were the last single-party elections in the country, as the Republican People's Party was the only party in the country at the time.

1943 Turkish general election

← 1939 28 February 1943 1946 →

All 455 seats in the Grand National Assembly
228 seats needed for a majority
  First party
 
Leader İsmet İnönü
Party CHP


Prime Minister before election

Şükrü Saracoğlu
CHP

Elected Prime Minister

Şükrü Saracoğlu
CHP

Electoral system

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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]

References

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