At stake
in this election:
- Seats in the Trkiye Byk Millet
Meclisi: 550
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Description
of government structure:
- Parliament: Turkey's unicameral
parliament, the Trkiye Byk Millet Meclisi (Grand National Assembly of Turkey), consists of 550 members directly elected by a party-list system of proportional representation for five-year terms.
- Parties: Political parties must
obtain at least ten percent of the valid votes cast nationwide in order to gain representation in parliament.
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Results of the electoral race:
- Party:
Democratic Left Party (DSP)
Leader: Bulent ECEVIT
Seats won in this election: 136
Seats won in last election: 76
- Party:
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)
Leader: Devlet BAHCELI
Seats won in this election: 129
Seats won in last election: 0
- Party: Virtue
Party (FP)
Leader: Recai KUTAN
Seats won in this election: 111
Seats won in last election: 0
Note: The Islamic-oriented Virtue Party is the successor to the Welfare Party (RP), which won 158 seats in the last parliametary election.
- Party:
Motherland Party (ANAP)
Leader: Mesut YILMAZ
Seats won in this election: 86
Seats won in last election: 132
- Party: True
Path Party (DYP)
Leader: Tansu ILLER
Seats won in this election: 85
Seats won in last election: 135
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When was
the last election? Number of seats in last election?
- Parliamentary elections last held:
December 24, 1995
- Seats decided in the 1995 election: 550
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Population
and number of registered voters:
- Population: 64,566,511 (July 1998 est.)
- Number of registered voters: 37,495,217
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Of Interest:
- The April 1999 election took place twenty
months before the end of the parliamentary mandate.
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| SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES) |
| For additional information:
IFES ElectionGuide Online |
