The Turkish parliamentary by-elections of 1986 were held on 28 September 1986 in order to elect 11

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to the

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. The by-elections were held as a result of the vacation of 11 seats throughout the course of the 17th parliament. They took place in eleven different

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, spanning ten

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. The governing Motherland Party (ANAP) won the most votes, winning 32.1% of the vote and 6 of the 11 seats up for election. The newly formed

True Path Party The True Path Party ( tr, Doğru Yol Partisi, DYP) was a centre-right political party in Turkey, active from 1983 to 2007. For most of its history, the party's central figure was Süleyman Demirel, a former Prime Minister of Turkey who previously ...

(DYP) led by

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came second with 23.5% and won 4 seats. Since ANAP and the DYP were both

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parties, their campaigns caused a vote split, which resulted in a reduction in the popular vote of the ANAP since the 1983 general election. The Social Democratic Populist Party (SHP) came third with 22.7% and won the remaining seat, with the party's leader

Erdal İnönü Erdal İnönü (6 June 1926 – 31 October 2007) was a Turkish theoretical physicist and politician, who served as the interim Prime Minister of Turkey between 16 May and 25 June 1993. He also served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey from ...

becoming an MP for

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. All provinces elected a single MP apart from

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, where two MPs were elected. In addition to İnönü, the leader of the DYP

was also elected as an MP for

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. The by-elections were followed by the 1987 general election just over a year later.

Results

Members elected

References

{{Turkish elections By-elections in Turkey 1986 elections in Turkey