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Turkey's 10th general election was held on November 6, 1983. This was the first election since 1977 because the democratic rights were abandoned after the military coup of 1980. MGK didn't let old parties to participate to this election so new parties were founded.^[1] Turgut Özal's 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.^[2]

Halkçı Parti (People's Party) was the continuation of the former CHP and was the only left wing participant of the election. Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi (Nationalist Democracy Party) was founded by the military junta of the time. ANAP was seen as the successor of AP by some circles but Süleyman Demirel, the leader of AP, would later form DYP to challenge the power of Turgut Özal's ANAP.

[edit] Results

Motherland Party (Anavatan Partisi, ANAP) - 45.14%
People's Party (Halkçı Parti, HP) - 30.46%
Nationalist Democracy Party (Milliyetçi Demokrasi Partisi, MDP) - 23.27%
Independents - 1.13%

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Headline of Hürriyet after the elections [1]
Statistics of the elections [2]

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[0] Turkey - Political Developments since the 1980 Coup

[1] ucnokta.com

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