Turkish general election, 1927

Turkish general election, 1927
Turkey
20 July 1927
Total of 335 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
168 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 20%
  First party
 
Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Party CHP
Leader since 9 September 1923
Leader's seat Ankara
Last election 333
Seats won 335
Seat change Increase2
Prime Minister before election

İsmet İnönü
CHP

 Elected Prime Minister

İsmet İnönü
CHP

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General elections were held in Turkey in 1927.[1] The Republican People's Party was the only party in the country at the time, as the Progressive Republican Party that had been set up in 1924 was dissolved the following year.[1]

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 Chamber of Deputies.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p337
  2. ↑ Weiner & Özbudun, p334
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