General elections were held in

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on 21 July 1946, the first

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in the country's history. The

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electoral system was used. The result was a victory for the

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, which won 395 of the 465 seats. This election was held on the basis of open voting, secret counting and majority system, with the exception of judicial supervision (open vote, secret classification). Due to these irregularities, it has also been referred to as a "fraudulent election".Sina Akşin, ''Ana Çizgileriyle Türkiye'nin Yakın Tarihi'', İkinci Baskı, İmaj Yayıncılık, Ankara, 1996, , s. 216.

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