The outcome (in %) of the Turkish local elections before 1980 (1963-1977) is shown below. (In 1981 all parties were closed by the military rule. For the local elections after 1980, see Turkish local elections after 1980.) In the local elections in addition to mayors and muhtars, members of local parliaments () are elected. The voter base of the local parliaments and the national parliament is assumed to be identical. In the table, only those parties which received more than 1% are shown.Election results Türkiye'nin 75 yılı, Tempo, Hürgüç Gazetecilik,İstanbul,1998 Date of Election APCHPYTPMP CKMP-MHPGP-CGP TİPBP-TBPDPMSP17 November 196345.536.26.53.13.1...............2 June 196849.127.9...3.116.62.71.6...... 9 December 197332.337.1......1.32.9......10.86.211 December 197737.141.7......6.6.........16.9
Legent of the abbreviations AP:Justice Party CHP:Republican People's Party YTP:New Turkey Party CKMP: Republican Peasants' Nation Party Later MHP: National Movement Party MP:Nation Party (issued from CKMP) GP: Confidence Party (issued from CHP) Later CGP:Republican Confidence Party TİP:Turkish Workers' Party BP: Unity Party Later TBP:Turkey Unity Party DP:Democratic Party (issued from AP) MSP: National Salvation Party
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