Cemal Gürsel (acting Fahri Özdilek) Military İsmet İnönü

General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961.

The Republican People's Party (CHP) emerged as the largest party, winning 173 of the 450 seats.

[1] It was the first time the CHP had won the most seats after the transition to a multi-party system, and the first time no party won a majority of seats.

In order to receive seats in a district, parties needed to win a Hare quota in that district.