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| Turnout | 92.27% ( 19.85pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held inTurkey on 6 November 1983, the first since1977 after democratic rights were abandoned after themilitary coup of 1980.[1] TheNational Security Council banned the previous political parties from participating, leading to the establishment of new parties.[2] Turgut Özal'sMotherland Party (ANAP) won a significant victory in this elections by gaining 45.14% of the votes. This victory was the starting point of a rapid change in the structure of the state and society in Turkey.[3] Voter turnout was 92.3%.[4]
ThePopulist Party (HP) was the continuation of the formerCHP and was the only left-wing participant in the election. TheNationalist Democracy Party was founded by themilitary junta of the time, whilst the Motherland Party was seen as the successor of theJustice Party (AP) by some circles butSüleyman Demirel, the leader of AP, who would later form theDYP to challenge the power of Turgut Özal's Motherland Party. With a first-ever televised debate on TRT, the elections brought a new factor into the political campaign. Necdet Calp was a long serving politician, Sunalp a high-ranking officer, and both had little to offer to confront Turgut Özal's rhetorical skills.[5]
Owing to a registration error in the town of Bingöl, ANAP were unable to take one of the seats they had won there, lowering the total number of MPs in the chamber to 399.
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Motherland Party | 7,833,148 | 45.14 | 211 | New | |
| Populist Party | 5,285,804 | 30.46 | 117 | New | |
| Nationalist Democracy Party | 4,036,970 | 23.27 | 71 | New | |
| Independents | 195,588 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 17,351,510 | 100.00 | 399 | –51 | |
| Valid votes | 17,351,510 | 95.14 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 886,852 | 4.86 | |||
| Total votes | 18,238,362 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 19,767,366 | 92.27 | |||
| Source: Nohlenet al. | |||||
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See also:Elections in the Ottoman Empire | |
