1946 Turkish Presidential Election

5 August 1946 · The single-party presidencies

The 1946 Turkish presidential election is the presidential election held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 5 August 1946. For the first time, the elections were competed by more than one candidate and the current President İsmet İnönü won again in the first round with 388 votes.

An uncontested vote of the single-party Grand National Assembly — one party, one candidate. Recorded here as a ritual of the founding regime, not a contest.

President before

İsmet İnönü

CHP

President (re-elected)

İsmet İnönü

CHP

Winning share

86.4%

Turnout

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The result


İsmet İnönü	Republican People's Party	388	86.41%
Fevzi Çakmak	Democrat Party	59	13.14%
Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk	Democrat Party	2	0.45%