Turkish general election, 1939

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General elections were held in Turkey in 1939.[1] The Republican People's Party was the single-party in the country at the time. Voter turnout was reported to be 77.8%.[2]

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 Chamber of Deputies.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p337
  2. Weiner & Özbudun, p340
  3. Weiner & Özbudun, p334
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