| Country: | Turkey |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1969 Turkish general election |
| Previous Year: | 1969 |
| Next Election: | 1977 Turkish general election |
| Next Year: | 1977 |
| Seats For Election: | 450 seats in the Grand National Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 226 |
| Election Date: | 14 October 1973 |
| Turnout: | 66.82% (2.47pp) |
| Image1: | Bülent Ecevit (cropped) 2.jpg |
| Leader1: | Bülent Ecevit |
| Party1: | Republican People's Party |
| Last Election1: | 27.36%, 143 seats |
| Seats1: | 185 |
| Seat Change1: | 42 |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,570,583 |
| Percentage1: | 33.30% |
| Swing1: | 5.94pp |
| Leader2: | Süleyman Demirel |
| Party2: | Justice Party (Turkey) |
| Last Election2: | 46.53%, 256 seats |
| Seats2: | 149 |
| Seat Change2: | 107 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,197,897 |
| Percentage2: | 29.82% |
| Swing2: | 16.71pp |
| Image4: | 3x4.svg |
| Leader4: | Ferruh Bozbeyli |
| Party4: | Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) |
| Last Election4: | – |
| Seats4: | 45 |
| Seat Change4: | New |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,275,502 |
| Percentage4: | 11.89% |
| Swing4: | New |
| Leader5: | Süleyman Arif Emre |
| Party5: | National Salvation Party |
| Last Election5: | – |
| Seats5: | 48 |
| Seat Change5: | New |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,265,771 |
| Percentage5: | 11.80% |
| Swing5: | New |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Naim Talu |
| After Election: | Bülent Ecevit |
| After Party: | Republican People's Party |
General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged as the largest party, winning 185 of the 450 seats with 33% of the vote. The Justice Party (AP) led by Süleyman Demirel, which had won a majority in the previous elections in 1969, lost over a third of its seats, winning just 149. This was a result of two new parties, the National Salvation Party and the Democratic Party, splitting the right-wing vote.[1]
The CHP formed a government with the religious-oriented National Salvation Party on 26 January 1974. However, the government lasted only ten months before its fall.
Within the left-wing prisoners jailed in Mamak following the 1971 Turkish military memorandum, the Revolutionary Youth Federation of Turkey (DEV-GENÇ), People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey and People's Liberation Army of Turkey members supported voting for Republican People's Party of Bülent Ecevit meanwhile Revolutionary Workers' and Peasants' Party of Turkey boycotted the elections.[2]
Voter turnout was 66.8%.[3]