Turkish local elections, 1977
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Turkey
held local elections on 11 December 1977. In the elections, both the mayors and the local parliaments were elected. The figures presented below are the results of the local parliament elections.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
held local elections on 11 December 1977. In the elections, both the mayors and the local parliaments were elected. The figures presented below are the results of the local parliament elections.
| Party | Party leader | Vote total | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican People's Party (CHP) Republican People's Party (Turkey) The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to... |
Bülent Ecevit Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit was a Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist, who was the leader of Republican People's Party , later of the Democratic Left Party and four-time Prime Minister of Turkey.- Personal life :... |
5,161,426 | 41.73 % |
| Justice Party (AP) Justice Party (Turkey) The Justice Party was a Turkish political party prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. A descendant of the Democrat Party, the AP was dominated by Süleyman Demirel, who served six times as prime minister, and was in office at the time of the military coup on September 12, 1980... |
Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Demirel Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel, better known as Süleyman Demirel , is a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister seven times and was the ninth President of Turkey.-Life:Demirel was born in İslamköy, a town in Isparta Province... |
4,589,268 | 37.10 % |
| National Salvation Party (MSP) National Salvation Party The National Salvation Party was an Islamist political party in Turkey founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party . The party was led by Necmettin Erbakan... |
Necmettin Erbakan Necmettin Erbakan Necmettin Erbakan was a Turkish engineer, academic, politician , who was the Prime Minister of Turkey from 1996 until 1997. He was Turkey's first Islamist Prime Minister... |
854,436 | 6.91 % |
| National Movement Party (MHP) | Alparslan Türkeş Alparslan Türkes Alparslan Türkeş was a Cypriot-born Turkish nationalist politician who was the founder and former president of the Nationalist Movement Party party... |
819,136 | 6,62 % |
| Democratic Party (DP) Democratic Party (Turkey, 1970) - Background :Democrat Party which was the ruling party between 1950-1960 was closed by the military rule. In 1961 and 1965 elections most of ex Democrat Party adherents supported Justice Party, a party founded in 1961. After 1965 elections Justice Party came to power... |
Ferruh Bozbeyli | 123,717 | 1.00 % |
| Republican Confidence Party (CGP) | Turhan Feyzioğlu | 78,047 | 0.63 % |
| Workers Party of Turkey (TİP) Workers Party of Turkey Workers Party of Turkey was a Turkish political party, founded in 1961. It became the first socialist party in Turkey to win representation in the national parliament. It was banned twice and eventually merged with the Communist Party of Turkey in 1988.TİP was founded by a group of labor union... |
Behice Boran Behice Boran Behice Boran was a Turkish Marxist politician, author and sociologist. As a dissenting political voice from the left, Boran was repeatedly imprisoned for her work and died in exile after the Turkish military coup of 1980.... |
63,477 | 0.51 % |
| Turkey Unity Party (BP) | Mustafa Timisi | 29,039 | 0.23 % |
| Turkey Socialist Worker's party (TSİP) | 28,994 | 0.23 % | |
| Socialist Revolution Party (SDP) | Mehmet Ali Aybar Mehmet Ali Aybar Mehmet Ali Aybar was an International lawyer, Member of Turkish Parliament, First president of the Workers Party of Turkey , Founder and President of the Socialist Revolution Party and Member of The International War Crimes Tribunal against war crimes of USA in Vietnam .-Biography:Ali Aybar's was... |
4,056 | 0.03 % |
| Independents | 618,030 | 5.00 % |