Turkish general election, 1977

Turkish general election, 1977

1973 ← 5 June 1977 → 1983

Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were meeded for a majority Turnout 72.4%   First party Second party Third party   Leader Bülent Ecevit Süleyman Demirel Necmettin Erbakan Party CHP AP MSP Leader since 14 May 1972 28 November 1964 11 October 1972 Leader's seat Zonguldak Isparta Konya Last election 185 seats, 33.3% 149 seats, 29.8% 48 seats, 11.8% Seats won 213 186 24 Seat change 28 37 24 Popular vote 6,136,171 5,468,202 1,269,918 Percentage 41.4% 36.9% 8.6% Swing 8.1% 7.1% 3.2%

Prime Minister before election Süleyman Demirel AP Elected Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit CHP

Süleyman Demirel
AP

Bülent Ecevit
CHP

General elections were held in Turkey on 5 June 1977. Elections took place in the middle of a political race between the right wing party AP and the left wing party CHP. With the charismatic leadership of Bülent Ecevit, CHP managed to beat one of the symbol figures of the conservative politics of Turkey, Süleyman Demirel. Voter turnout was 72.4%.

CHP's victory was the zenith of the left wing votes in the history of the Republic of Turkey but still there were no capable partners for CHP to join forces to form the government since the rest of the parliament consisted of right wing parties which were not eager to form a coalition with Bülent Ecevit. Finally, CHP couldn't gain a vote of confidence. They would have to wait until 1978 to gain support from some independents and small parties to become the head of the government. CHP couldn't keep power for long and soon government control passed on to AP even as the rumblings of the military coup were beginning to be felt.

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