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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.
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] |
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