1973 Turkish Senate election

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Senate elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. [1] In this election 52 members of the Senate were elected; 50 members for one-third of the Senate and two vacant seats. [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Republican People's Party 1,412,05133.6125
Justice Party 1,300,80130.9622
National Salvation Party 516,82212.303
Democratic Party 438,27610.430
Republican Reliance Party 246,8885.881
Nationalist Movement Party 114,6622.730
Unity Party 89,8242.140
Independents82,2331.961
Total4,201,557100.0052
Valid votes4,201,55795.21
Invalid/blank votes211,1704.79
Total votes4,412,727100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,761,15765.27
Source: Nohlen et al. [3]

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References

  1. Türkiye'nin 75 yılı Hürgüç Gazetecilik,,İstanbul, 1998 p 239
  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