Chamber:
	Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (T.B.M.M)
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	18 April 1999
Purpose of elections:
	Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament following the premature dissolution of this body on 31 July 1998. General elections had previously been held in December 1995.
Background and outcome of elections:
	General elections had previously been held in December 1995. On 3 June 1998, Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz announced that he would resign at the end of the year to facilitate formation of a caretaker government. Earlier the same day, it was agreed to call early parliamentary elections. Since 1997, Mr. Yilmaz had headed a coalition comprising his centre-right Motherland Party (ANAP), the Democratic Left Party (DSP) and the Democratic Turkey Party (DTP). This alliance ultimately collapsed in November 1998 amid accusations of corruption. On 11 January 1999, Mr. Bulent Ecevit (DSP) was sworn in as Prime Minister; he had already held the same post in the 1970s. Some 20 parties fielded candidates for the 550 parliamentary seats. While all groups generally shared a commitment to liberal economic reforms, campaign debate was largely silent on these pressing issues, especially those involving the important banking and social security systems. The parliamentary elections were combined with voting for local posts. Final results gave the most seats to the leftist DSP, followed by the far-right Nationalist Action Party (MHP) led by Mr. Devlet Bahceli. The latter's gains came largely at the expense of the Islamic Virtue party (successor to the Welfare Party), which came in third. Given this outcome, Mr. Ecevit remained Prime Minister and, on 28 May, formed a new coalition government between his DSP, MHP and ANAP.

STATISTICS

Round no 1 (18 April 1999): Elections results
Number of registered electors	37 506 817
Voters	32 577 620 (87 %)
Blank or invalid ballot papers	1 526 421
Valid votes	31 051 199

Round no 1: Distribution of votes
Political Group	Votes	%
Democratic Left Party (DSP)	6 919 670	22.28
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	5 606 583	18.06
Virtue Party (FP)	4 805 381	15.48
Motherland Party (ANAP)	4 122 929	13.28
True Path Party (DYP)	3 754 417	12.09
Others and independents	5 842 219	18.81

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total
Democratic Left Party (DSP)	136
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	129
Virtue Party (FP)	111
Motherland Party (ANAP)	86
True Path Party (DYP)	85
Others and independents	3

Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men:	527
Women:	23
Percent of women:	4.18

Distribution of seats according to age:
31 to 40 years	51
41 to 50 years	219
51 to 60 years	213
61 to 70 years	52
Over 70 years	15
Distribution of seats according to profession:
Engineers	106
Teachers	97
Legal professions	72
Business/Trade/Industry	68
Medical professions	57
Economists	38
Civil servants	24
Farmers	19
Journalists/writers/publishers	12
Theologians	9
Others	48