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Türkiye 1995 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1995 parliamentary election in Türkiye?

Welfare Party won 158 of 550 seats with 21.4% of the vote. 85.2% 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 : Welfare Party won 158 of 550 seats with 21.4% of the vote; 85.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.3 points on 1991.

  • Welfare Party 158 +96 seats 21.4% +4.5 points
  • Motherland Party 132 +17 seats 19.7% −4.4 points
  • True Path Party 135 −43 seats 19.2% −7.8 points
  • Democratic Left Party 76 +69 seats 14.6% +3.9 points
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 49 −39 seats 10.7% −10.0 points
  • Nationalist Movement Party 0 8.2%
  • People's Democracy Party 0 4.2%
  • 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 1991 parliamentary election, party by party.

276 of 550 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 21.4%

    Share of the vote won by Welfare Party

    Welfare Party won 158 of 550 seats. A majority needs 276.

  2. +96 seats

    Seats gained by Welfare Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1991. True Path Party lost 43 seats.

  3. 85.2%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.3 points on 1991.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Welfare Party158+9621.4+4.56,012,450
Motherland Party132+1719.7−4.45,527,288
True Path Party135−4319.2−7.85,396,009
Democratic Left Party76+6914.6+3.94,118,025
Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party49−3910.7−10.03,011,076
Nationalist Movement Party08.22,301,343
People's Democracy Party04.21,171,623

± is the change against the Türkiye 1991 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Welfare Party 6,012,450
  • Motherland Party 5,527,288
  • True Path Party 5,396,009
  • Democratic Left Party 4,118,025
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 3,011,076
  • Nationalist Movement Party 2,301,343
  • People's Democracy Party 1,171,623

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?

85.2% of the 34,155,981 registered voters cast a ballot (29,101,469 ballots), up 1.3 points on 1991. 28,126,993 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Welfare Party21.4% of votes28.7% of seats
  • True Path Party19.2% of votes24.5% of seats
  • Motherland Party19.7% of votes24.0% of seats
  • Democratic Left Party14.6% of votes13.8% of seats
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party10.7% of votes8.9% of seats
  • Nationalist Movement Party8.2% of votes0.0% of seats
  • People's Democracy Party4.2% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.2 by votes and 4.4 by seats; Welfare Party led Motherland Party by 1.7 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of