1966 Turkish presidential election

The 1966 Turkish presidential election is the presidential election held in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey on March 28, 1966. 532 out of 634 deputies participated in the elections held after the 4th President Cemal Gürsel, was dismissed by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey due to his health problems. Cevdet Sunay, Chief of General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, was elected to the presidency with 461 votes in the first round.^[1]

1966 Turkish presidential election

← 1961 March 28th, 1966 1973 →

Candidate Cevdet Sunay Alparslan Türkeş Party Independent CKMP Electoral vote 461 11 Percentage 72.7% 1.7%

President before election Cemal Gürsel Independent President Cevdet Sunay Independent

Election

Candidates		Political party	Votes	%
	Cevdet Sunay	Independent	461	72.7
	Alparslan Türkeş	CKMP	11	1.7
Invalid/blank votes			71	17.3
Total			532	100
Total MP/turnout			634	83.9