1927 Turkish general election

General elections were held in Turkey in 1927.[1] The Republican People's Party ("Association for the Defense of the Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia" until 9 September 1923) 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]

1927 Turkish general election

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 2
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]

References

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