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 [ edit ]
Party Votes % Seats Justice Party 2,215,053 46.82 33 Republican People's Party 1,378,224 29.13 12 National Salvation Party 459,040 9.70 4 Nationalist Movement Party 312,241 6.60 1 Republican Reliance Party 117,749 2.49 0 Socialist Workers' Party 62,105 1.31 0 Unity Party 55,774 1.18 0 Workers' Party 33,720 0.71 0 Socialist Revolution Party 33,548 0.71 0 Independents 63,093 1.33 0 Total 4,730,547 100.00 50 Total votes 4,847,156 – Registered voters/turnout 6,868,533 70.57 Source: Nohlen et al .[3]
References [ edit ]
^ "8 Million Turks Vote Today in Midterm Elections", The New York Times , October 14, 1979, p. A18
^ "Results of the senate elections" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-20 .
^ Dieter Nohlen , Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , pp269–273 ISBN 0-19-924958-X