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Türkiye 1991 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1991 parliamentary election in Türkiye?

True Path Party won 178 of 450 seats with 27.0% of the vote. 83.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Türkiye
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : True Path Party won 178 of 450 seats with 27.0% of the vote; 83.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 9.4 points on 1987.

  • True Path Party 178 +119 seats 27.0% +7.9 points
  • Motherland Party 115 −177 seats 24.0% −12.3 points
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 88 −11 seats 20.8% −4.0 points
  • Welfare Party 62 +62 seats 16.9% +9.7 points
  • Democratic Left Party 7 +7 seats 10.8% +2.2 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Türkiye 1987 parliamentary election, party by party.

226 of 450 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 27.0%

    Share of the vote won by True Path Party

    True Path Party won 178 of 450 seats. A majority needs 226.

  2. +119 seats

    Seats gained by True Path Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1987. Motherland Party lost 177 seats.

  3. 83.9%

    Voter turnout

    Down 9.4 points on 1987.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
True Path Party178+11927.0+7.96,600,726
Motherland Party115−17724.0−12.35,862,623
Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party88−1120.8−4.05,066,571
Welfare Party62+6216.9+9.74,121,355
Democratic Left Party7+710.8+2.22,624,301
Largest party without seats00.4108,369

± is the change against the Türkiye 1987 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • True Path Party 6,600,726
  • Motherland Party 5,862,623
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 5,066,571
  • Welfare Party 4,121,355
  • Democratic Left Party 2,624,301
  • Largest party without seats 108,369

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

83.9% of the 29,979,123 registered voters cast a ballot (25,157,089 ballots), down 9.4 points on 1987. 24,416,666 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • True Path Party27.0% of votes39.6% of seats
  • Motherland Party24.0% of votes25.6% of seats
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party20.8% of votes19.6% of seats
  • Welfare Party16.9% of votes13.8% of seats
  • Democratic Left Party10.8% of votes1.6% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 11.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.7 by votes and 3.6 by seats; True Path Party led Motherland Party by 3.0 points of the vote.

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