1991 Turkish general election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Turkey

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1987 Turkish general election

| previous_year = 1987

| next_election = 1995 Turkish general election

| next_year = 1995

| seats_for_election = All 450 seats in the Grand National Assembly

| majority_seats = 226

| election_date = 20 October 1991

| turnout = 83.92% ({{decrease}}9.36pp)

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Suleyman Demirel 1998 (cropped).jpg

| leader1 = Süleyman Demirel

| party1 = True Path Party

| last_election1 = 19.14%, 59 seats

| seats1 = 178

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}119

| popular_vote1 = 6,600,726

| percentage1 = 27.03%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 7.89pp

| image2 = Mesut Yilmaz as Turkish Prime Minister.jpg

| leader2 = Mesut Yılmaz

| party2 = Motherland Party (Turkey)

| last_election2 = 36.31%, 292 seats

| seats2 = 115

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}177

| popular_vote2 = 5,862,623

| percentage2 = 24.01%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 12.30pp

| image3 = File:Erdal inönü SHP.jpg

| leader3 = Erdal İnönü

| party3 = Social Democratic Populist Party (Turkey)

| last_election3 = 24.74%, 99 seats

| seats3 = 88

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}11

| popular_vote3 = 5,066,571

| percentage3 = 20.75%

| swing3 = {{decrease}} 3.99pp

| image4 = Necmettin Erbakan.jpg

| leader4 = Necmettin Erbakan

| party4 = Welfare Party

| last_election4 = 7.16%, 0 seats

| seats4 = 62

| seat_change4 = {{increase}}62

| popular_vote4 = 4,121,355

| percentage4 = 16.88%

| swing4 = {{increase}} 9.72pp

| image5 = Bülent Ecevit-Davos 2000 cropped.jpg

| leader5 = Bülent Ecevit

| party5 = Democratic Left Party (Turkey)

| last_election5 = 8.53%, 0 seats

| seats5 = 7

| seat_change5 = {{increase}}7

| popular_vote5 = 2,624,301

| percentage5 = 10.75%

| swing5 = {{increase}} 2.22pp

| map_image = 1991_Turkish_General_Election_by_Province.svg

| map_caption =

| title = Prime Minister

| before_election = Mesut Yılmaz

| before_party = Motherland Party (Turkey)

| after_election = Süleyman Demirel

| after_party = True Path Party|

}}

General elections were held in Turkey on 20 October 1991, to elect members to the 19th Grand National Assembly. It was the first by the ruling Motherland Party to be contested without its founding leader, Turgut Özal, who had become Turkish president two years previously. The result was a swing against Özal's former party in favour of its fierce centre-right rival, the True Path Party led by Süleyman Demirel. The vote saw two additional parties cross the 10 percent barrier to enter parliament. Necmettin Erbakan and his Welfare Party saw a party of religious background returned for the first time in 14 years. Welfare had a greatly increased share of the vote and took several key provinces, including Istanbul in 1994 local elections. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party also scraped through to win seven seats. Voter turnout was 83.9%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p258 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}