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passed in 1908, 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
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Council of the Presidency of the CHP. Unlike in previous elections, candidates were sought from across the country, with a total of 1,176 nominations for the 287 candidates.
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at the time, thirty seats were set aside for independents. Independent candidates were required to be "republican, nationalist and sincere."
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that had been set up the previous year had already been dissolved. Voter turnout was reported to be 88%.
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was the only party in the country at the time, as the
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64:All 317 seats in the
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800:See also:
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555:2015 (Jun)
296:References
285:Assembly.
267:Background
702:elections
390:in Turkey
384:Elections
227:Elected
150:0 seats
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129:Party
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