The party that closed after the 1960 coup was DP. After the coup, the suspended activities of other parties (CHP and CKMP) were released on 29 September 1960. The main issue after the coup was, who would fill the DP’s vacancy. The two biggest candidates were, Justice Party (Adalet Partisi-AP) under the presidency of Ragıp Gümüşpala and the New Turkey Party under the presidency of Ekrem Alican. Both parties had a liberal program and seeked to fill the gap that the DP had left. The view which appeared in the elections of 15 October 1961 after the May 27 coup, gives the impression that there was a change in the party system at first glance. However, a closer look reveals that there is no fundamental change. The formation of a four-party parliament can be explained by the competition of three parties targeting the DP voters. More importantly, it is seen that the election did not change the table of the period of 1950-60, and the division taking place over the centre-periphery opposition is preserved. CHP received % 36.7of the votes in the 1961 National Assembly; this rate is about 4.5 points below the CHP’s votes in the 1957 elections. In this election, AP received %34.8, Republican Villagers Nation Parti (Cumhuriyetçi Köylü Millet Partisi-CKMP) %14 and New Turkey Parti (Yeni Türkiye PartisiYTP) %13.7 of the votes. The votes of these three parties matching to the DP votes are 62.5%. This table shows that the superiority of the parties seeking the periphery votes continues to increase.