Country: | Turkey |
Type: | presidential |
Previous Election: | 1943 Turkish presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1943 |
Election Date: | 5 August 1946 |
Next Election: | 1950 Turkish presidential election |
Next Year: | 1950 |
1Blank: | MP votes |
2Blank: | Percentage |
Image1: | Inonu Ismet.jpg |
Nominee1: | İsmet İnönü |
Party1: | Republican People's Party |
1Data1: | 388 |
2Data1: | 86.4% |
Nominee2: | Fevzi Çakmak |
Party2: | Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961) |
1Data2: | 59 |
2Data2: | 13.1% |
Image3: | Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk.jpg |
Nominee3: | Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk |
Party3: | Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961) |
1Data3: | 2 |
2Data3: | 0.4% |
President | |
Before Election: | İsmet İnönü |
Before Party: | Republican People's Party |
After Election: | İsmet İnönü |
After Party: | Republican People's Party |
The 1946 Turkish presidential election is the presidential election held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 5 August 1946.[1] For the first time, the elections were competed by more than one candidate and the current President İsmet İnönü won again in the first round with 388 votes.[2]