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Turkey's 9th general election was held on June 5, 1977. Elections took place in the middle of a political race between the right wing party AP and the left wing party CHP. With the charismatic leadership of Bülent Ecevit, CHP managed to beat one of the symbol figures of the conservative politics of Turkey, Süleyman Demirel.

CHP's victory was the zenith of the left wing votes in the history of the Republic of Turkey but still there were no capable partners for CHP to join forces to form the government since the rest of the parliament was consisted of right wing parties which were not eager to form a coalition with Bülent Ecevit. Finally, CHP couldn't gain a vote of confidence. They would have to wait until 1978 to gain support from some independents and small parties to become the head of the government. CHP couldn't keep this power for long and the power transferred to AP while the voices of the military coup was getting closer.

[edit] Results

[edit] Total votes and seats for each party

e • d **Summary of the 1977 Grand National Assembly of Turkey election results**
Parties	Votes			Seats
Parties	No.	%	+− %	No.	+−
Republican People's Party (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi)	6.136.171	41.38		213
Justice Party (Adalet Partisi)	5.468.202	36.88		189
National Salvation Party (Milli Selâmet Partisi)	1.269.918	8.57		24
Nationalist Movement Party (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi)	951.544	6.42		16
Independent Turkey Party (Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi)	369.592	2.49		4
Republican Reliance Party (Cumhuriyetçi Güven Partisi)	277.713	1.87		3
Democratic Party (Demokratik Parti)	274.484	1.85		1
THB	58.540	0.39		0
Workers Party of Turkey (Türkiye İşçi Partisi)	20.565	0.14		0
No. of valid votes	14.823.943	100.00		450
Invalid votes	80.443
Electorate size	21.206.848
Voter turnout	72.42%

[edit] See also

Statistics of the elections [1]
An article from Radikal [2] (Turkish)
A panorama of the elections [3] (Turkish)