1931 Turkish general election
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{{Infobox election
| country = Turkey
| type = parliamentary
| previous_election = 1927 Turkish general election
| previous_year = 1927
| next_election = 1935 Turkish general election
| next_year = 1935
| seats_for_election = All 317 seats in the Grand National Assembly
| majority_seats = 159
| election_date = 25 April 1931
| turnout = 88%
| image1 = Ataturk1930s.jpg
| leader1 = Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
| party1 = Republican People's Party
| last_election1 = 335
| seats1 = 287
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 48
| image2 = 3x4.svg
| leader2 = –
| party2 = Independents
| last_election2 = 0 seats
| seats2 = 30
| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 30
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = İsmet İnönü
| before_party = Republican People's Party
| after_election = İsmet İnönü
| after_party = Republican People's Party
| map_image = 1931_Türkiye_Milletvekili_Genel_Seçimleri.png
}}
General elections were held in Turkey in 1931.Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p337 The Republican People's Party was the only party in the country at the time, as the Liberal Republican Party that had been set up the previous year had already been dissolved. Voter turnout was reported to be 88%.Weiner & Özbudun, p340
Background
Electoral system
The elections were held under the Ottoman electoral law passed in 1908, which provided for a two-stage process. In the first stage, voters elected secondary electors (one for the first 750 voters in a constituency, then one for every additional 500 voters). In the second stage the secondary electors elected the members of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.Weiner & Özbudun, p334
Although the country was a one-party state at the time, thirty seats were set aside for independents. Independent candidates were required to be "republican, nationalist and sincere."
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