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1977 Turkish general election

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The CHP's victory was the zenith of left-wing votes in the Turkish political history, but there were still no capable partners for the CHP to join forces to form government with since the remainder of parliament consisted of right-wing parties not eager to form a coalition led by Ecevit. Finally, the
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on 5 June 1977. Elections took place in the middle of a political race between the right-wing
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had a significant impact on Turkish politics, including the rise of
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Retrieved 862:(in Turkish) 859: 831: 823: 805: 714:Independents 497: 480: 457: 440: 433: 422: 415: 258:Third party 219: 206: 172: 129: 99:First party 46: 15: 1285:Referendums 920:referendums 778:Total votes 752:Valid votes 673:Unity Party 364:Percentage 216:Percentage 47:5 June 1977 1347:Categories 1332:See also: 1092:2015 (Nov) 1087:2015 (Jun) 815:References 794:21,207,303 781:15,358,210 755:14,827,172 734:14,827,172 494:Background 356:1,269,918 211:5,468,202 1234:elections 922:in Turkey 916:Elections 593:1,269,918 572:5,468,202 551:6,136,171 207:6,136,171 866:10 April 434:Elected 359:951.544 77:72.42% ( 834:, p257 768:531,038 717:370,035 656:274,484 635:277,713 614:951,544 518:Results 391:3.04pp 383:3.24pp 280:Leader 266:  255:  245:7.06pp 237:8.08pp 224:36.88% 126:Leader 107:  96:  74:Turnout 1232:Senate 838:  784:100.00 737:100.00 698:20,565 677:58,540 460:Turkey 375:Swing 367:8.56% 295:Party 229:Swing 220:41.38% 143:Party 806:et al 797:72.42 758:96.54 731:Total 575:36.88 554:41.38 536:Seats 530:Votes 527:Party 370:6,42 1322:2017 1317:2010 1312:2007 1307:1988 1302:1987 1297:1982 1292:1961 1276:1979 1271:1977 1266:1975 1261:1973 1256:1968 1251:1966 1246:1964 1241:1961 1222:2024 1217:2019 1212:2014 1207:2009 1202:2004 1197:1999 1192:1994 1187:1989 1182:1984 1177:1977 1172:1973 1167:1968 1162:1963 1157:1955 1152:1950 1147:1946 1142:1942 1137:1938 1132:1934 1127:1930 1108:Next 1102:2023 1097:2018 1082:2011 1077:2007 1072:2002 1067:1999 1062:1995 1057:1991 1052:1987 1047:1983 1042:1977 1037:1973 1032:1969 1027:1965 1022:1961 1017:1957 1012:1954 1007:1950 1002:1946 997:1943 992:1939 987:1935 982:1931 977:1927 972:1923 953:2028 947:2023 942:2018 937:2014 918:and 868:2023 836:ISBN 771:3.46 720:2.50 701:0.14 680:0.39 659:1.85 638:1.87 617:6.42 596:8.56 512:1973 498:The 177:189 83:5.60 52:1983 42:1973 740:450 665:–44 644:–10 623:+13 602:–24 581:+40 578:189 560:+28 557:213 539:+/– 446:CHP 348:13 340:24 327:16 324:24 304:MHP 299:MSP 198:40 190:28 173:213 147:CHP 1349:: 858:. 846:^ 726:–2 686:–1 620:16 599:24 514:. 428:AP 152:AP 85:pp 901:e 894:t 887:v 870:. 808:. 743:0 723:4 707:0 704:0 683:0 662:1 641:3 533:% 87:)

Index

1973
1983
Grand National Assembly
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Bülent Ecevit
Süleyman Demirel
CHP
AP

Necmettin Erbakan
Alparslan Türkeş
MSP
MHP

Prime Minister
Süleyman Demirel
AP
Prime Minister
Bülent Ecevit
CHP
Turkey
Justice Party
Republican People's Party
Bülent Ecevit
Süleyman Demirel
vote of confidence
1980 military coup
1974 Cyprus War

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