1946 Turkish presidential election

The 1946 Turkish presidential election is the presidential election held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on 5 August 1946.^[1] 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.^[2]

1946 Turkish presidential election

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Nominee İsmet İnönü Fevzi Çakmak Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk Party CHP DP DP MP votes 388 59 2 Percentage 86.4% 13.1% 0.4%

President before election İsmet İnönü CHP Elected President İsmet İnönü CHP

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	İsmet İnönü	Republican People's Party	388	86.41
	Fevzi Çakmak	Democrat Party	59	13.14
	Yusuf Kemal Tengirşenk	Democrat Party	2	0.45
Total			449	100.00
Valid votes			449	96.56
Invalid/blank votes			16	3.44
Total votes			465	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			465	100.00