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 votes
86.41%
share
Fevzi Çakmak
Democrat Party · 59 votes
13.14%
share
Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk
Democrat Party · 2 votes
0.45%
share