1927 Turkish general election explained

Country:Turkey
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1923 Turkish general election
Previous Year:1923
Next Election:1931 Turkish general election
Next Year:1931
Seats For Election:All 335 seats on the Grand National Assembly
Majority Seats:168
Election Date:20 July 1927
Turnout:20%
Image1:Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.png
Leader1:Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Party1:Republican People's Party
Last Election1:332
Seats1:335
Seat Change1: 3
Prime Minister
Before Election:İsmet İnönü
Before Party:Republican People's Party
After Election:İsmet İnönü
After Party:Republican People's Party

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]

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]

Notes and References

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