Turkish general election, 1995

Turkish general election, 1995

1991 ← December 24, 1995 → 1999

outgoing members ← → elected members

Total of 550 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 276 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Necmettin Erbakan Tansu Çiller Mesut Yılmaz Party Welfare DYP ANAP Leader since 11 October 1987 13 June 1993 15 June 1991 Leader's seat Konya Istanbul Rize Last election 62 seats, 16.87% 178 seats, 27.03% 115 seats, 24.01% Seats won 158 135 132 Seat change 96 43 17 Popular vote 6,012,450 5,396,009 5,527,288 Percentage 21.38% 19.18% 19.65% Swing 4.50% 7.85% 4.36%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Bülent Ecevit Deniz Baykal Party Democratic Left CHP Leader since 15 January 1989 9 September 1992 Leader's seat Istanbul Antalya Last election 7 seats, 10.74% 88 seats, 20.75% Seats won 76 49 Seat change 69 39 Popular vote 4,118,025 3,011,076 Percentage 14.64% 10.71% Swing 3.89% 10.04%

Winners according to provinces:      RP        DYP        ANAP        DSP        CHP        HADEP

Prime Minister before election Tansu Çiller DYP Elected Prime Minister Tansu Çiller DYP

Tansu Çiller
DYP

Tansu Çiller
DYP

Turkey's 13th general election was held on Sunday December 24, 1995, triggered by the newly reformed Republican People's Party's (CHP) withdrawal from a coalition with the True Path Party (DYP). The coalition had been in government for four years, having been formed by the Social Democratic Populist Party, the CHP's predecessor.

The vote was the first to elect 550 deputies to parliament, its largest size yet. The religious Welfare Party (RP) achieved an unprecedented victory, but not an overall majority. The Democratic Left Party (DSP) also made significant gains at the expense of the CHP, which barely crossed the election barrier. The election was also the first time an openly Kurdish party – the People's Democracy Party – contested. It was the leading party in several provinces, but received no MPs due to missing the 10% electoral threshold.

Not since before the declaration of the republic had a blatantly religious party emerged as the largest political force in Turkey. There were fears of the secular armed forces refusing to accept the election result, perhaps even launching yet another coup. As a national debate waged, Tansu Çiller's government stayed on, eventually agreeing with Mesut Yılmaz's Motherland Party (ANAP) to form a minority coalition in March 1996, some three months after the election.

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