General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950, using the multiple non-transferable vote electoral system.

[2] The result was a landslide victory for the opposition Democrat Party (DP), which won 416 of the 487 seats with 55% of the vote.

The results meant that Republican People's Party (CHP) was ousted from power for the first time since the foundation of the republic.

Due to the electoral system designed to boost the dominant party's parliamentary numbers, the Democrat Party won 85% of the seats with only 55% of the popular vote.

On the same day, the first DP government headed by the Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was formed.