1927 Turkish general election

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All 335 seats on the Grand National Assembly 168 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	20%
First party   Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Party CHP Last election 332 Seats won 335 Seat change 3
Prime Minister before election İsmet İnönü CHP Elected Prime Minister İsmet İnönü CHP

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]

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