1973 Turkish general election
General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973, on the same day as 1973 [Turkish Senate election|for the senate]. The Republican People's Party emerged as the largest party, winning 185 of the 450 seats with 33% of the vote. The Justice Party led by Süleyman Demirel, which had won a majority in the 1969 [Turkish general election|previous elections] in 1969, lost over a third of its seats, winning just 149. This was a result of two new parties, the National [Salvation Party] and the Democratic Party, splitting the right-wing vote.
The CHP formed a government with the religious-oriented National Salvation Party on 26 January 1974. However, the government lasted only ten months before its fall.