1979 Turkish Senate election

Senate elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1979, with one-third of the 150 seats elected.[1][2] They were the last elections to the Senate, which was abolished in 1982.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Justice Party2,215,05346.8233
Republican People's Party1,378,22429.1312
National Salvation Party459,0409.704
Nationalist Movement Party312,2416.601
Republican Reliance Party117,7492.490
Socialist Workers' Party62,1051.310
Unity Party55,7741.180
Workers' Party33,7200.710
Socialist Revolution Party33,5480.710
Independents63,0931.330
Total4,730,547100.0050
Total votes4,847,156
Registered voters/turnout6,868,53370.57
Source: Nohlen et al.[3]

References

  1. ^ "8 Million Turks Vote Today in Midterm Elections", The New York Times, October 14, 1979, p. A18
  2. ^ "Results of the senate elections" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  3. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp269–273 ISBN 0-19-924958-X