General elections were held in Turkey on 6 November 1983, the first since 1977 after democratic rights were abandoned after the military coup of 1980.

[2] Turgut Özal's Motherland Party (ANAP) won a significant victory in this elections by gaining 45.14% of the votes.

This victory was the starting point of a rapid change in the structure of the state and society in Turkey.

Necdet Calp was a long serving politician, Sunalp a high-ranking officer, and both had little to offer to confront Turgut Özal rhetorical skills.

[5] Owing to a registration error in the town of Bingöl, ANAP were unable to take one of the seats they had won there, lowering the total number of MPs in the chamber to 399.