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Türkiye 1999 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 1999 parliamentary election in Türkiye?

Democratic Left Party won 136 of 550 seats with 22.2% of the vote. 87.1% 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 : Democratic Left Party won 136 of 550 seats with 22.2% of the vote; 87.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.9 points on 1995.

  • Democratic Left Party 136 +60 seats 22.2% +7.5 points
  • Nationalist Movement Party 129 +129 seats 18.0% +9.8 points
  • Welfare Party 111 −47 seats 15.4% −6.0 points
  • Motherland Party 86 −46 seats 13.2% −6.4 points
  • True Path Party 85 −50 seats 12.0% −7.2 points
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 0 −49 seats 8.7% −2.0 points
  • People's Democracy Party 0 0 seats 4.8% +0.6 points
  • Great Unity Party 0 1.5%
  • 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 1995 parliamentary election, party by party.

276 of 550 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 22.2%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Left Party

    Democratic Left Party won 136 of 550 seats. A majority needs 276.

  2. +129 seats

    Seats gained by Nationalist Movement Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1995. True Path Party lost 50 seats.

  3. 87.1%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.9 points on 1995.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Left Party136+6022.2+7.56,919,670
Nationalist Movement Party129+12918.0+9.85,606,583
Welfare Party111−4715.4−6.04,805,381
Motherland Party86−4613.2−6.44,122,929
True Path Party85−5012.0−7.23,745,417
Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party0−498.7−2.02,716,094
People's Democracy Party004.8+0.61,482,196
Great Unity Party01.5456,353
Independents3

± is the change against the Türkiye 1995 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Left Party 6,919,670
  • Nationalist Movement Party 5,606,583
  • Welfare Party 4,805,381
  • Motherland Party 4,122,929
  • True Path Party 3,745,417
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 2,716,094
  • People's Democracy Party 1,482,196
  • Great Unity Party 456,353
  • Independents

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?

87.1% of the 37,495,217 registered voters cast a ballot (32,656,070 ballots), up 1.9 points on 1995. 31,184,496 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1987 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Democratic Left Party22.2% of votes24.7% of seats
  • Nationalist Movement Party18.0% of votes23.5% of seats
  • Welfare Party15.4% of votes20.2% of seats
  • Motherland Party13.2% of votes15.6% of seats
  • True Path Party12.0% of votes15.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party8.7% of votes0.0% of seats
  • People's Democracy Party4.8% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.4 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.8 by votes and 4.9 by seats; Democratic Left Party led Nationalist Movement Party by 4.2 points of the vote.

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