1965 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 71.3%.

1965 Turkish general election

10 October 1965
450 seats in the Grand National Assembly 226 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	71.26% (10.15pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Süleyman Demirel İsmet İnönü Osman Bölükbaşı Party AP CHP MP Last election 34.78%, 158 seats 36.73%, 173 seats – Seats won 240 134 31 Seat change 82 39 New Popular vote 4,921,235 2,675,785 582,704 Percentage 52.87% 28.75% 6.26% Swing 18.09pp 7.98pp New
Prime Minister before election Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Elected Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel AP

Electoral system

The national remnant electoral system was used. This was a two-tier system of party-list proportional representation, with the country divided into 66 districts. In each district, parties were awarded one seat for each Hare quota. Remaining votes and seats were pooled on the national level, where the remaining seats were distributed amongst the parties using the remaining votes using the Hare quota and largest remainder method.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	/–
	Justice Party	4,921,235	52.87	240	82
	Republican People's Party	2,675,785	28.75	134	–39
	Nation Party	582,704	6.26	31	New
	New Turkey Party	346,514	3.72	19	–46
	Workers' Party	276,101	2.97	14	New
	Republican Villagers Nation Party	208,696	2.24	11	–43
	Independents	296,528	3.19	1	1
Total		9,307,563	100.00	450	0
Valid votes		9,307,563	95.48
Invalid/blank votes		441,115	4.52
Total votes		9,748,678	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,679,753	71.26
Source: Nohlen et al.