Turkish general election, 1991

1987 ←

20 October 1991

→ 1995

Total of 450 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 226 seats were needed for a majority

Turnout	83.9%
	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Süleyman Demirel	Mesut Yılmaz	Erdal İnönü
Party	DYP	ANAP	SHP
Leader since	6 September 1987	15 June 1991	30 May 1986
Leader's seat	Isparta	Rize	İzmir
Last election	59 seats, 19.10%	292 seats, 36.31%	99 seats, 24.74%
Seats won	178	115	88
Seat change	119	177	11
Popular vote	6,600,726	5,862,623	5,066,571
Percentage	27.03%	24.01%	20.75%
Swing	7.93%	12.30%	3.99%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Leader	Necmettin Erbakan	Bülent Ecevit	Doğu Perinçek
Party	Welfare	Democratic Left	Socialist
Leader since	11 October 1987	15 January 1989	July 1991
Leader's seat	Konya	Zonguldak	İzmir
Last election	no seats, 7.20%	no seats, 8.50%	New party
Seats won	62	7	0
Seat change	62	7	±0
Popular vote	4,121,355	2,624,301	108,369
Percentage	16.87%	10.74%	0.44%
Swing	9.67%	2.24%	0.44%

Prime Minister before election

Mesut Yılmaz
ANAP

Elected Prime Minister

Süleyman Demirel
DYP

Mesut Yılmaz
ANAP

Süleyman Demirel
DYP

General elections were held in Turkey on 20 October 1991, to elect members to the 19th Grand National Assembly. It was the first by the ruling Motherland Party to be contested without its founding leader, Turgut Özal, who had become Turkish president two years previously. The result was a swing against Özal's former party in favour of its fierce centre-right rival, the True Path Party led by Süleyman Demirel. The vote saw two additional parties cross the 10 percent barrier to enter parliament. Necmettin Erbakan and his Welfare Party saw a party of religious background returned for the first time in 14 years. Welfare had a greatly increased share of the vote and took several key provinces, including Istanbul in 1994 local elections. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party also scraped through to win seven seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.

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