Senate elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1975. In this election 54 members of the Senate were elected; 50 members for one-third of the Senate and four vacant seats. The election system was the majority system and Justice Party gained more seats than Republican People's Party which was the leading party in terms of votes.[1][2]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican People's Party | 2,281,470 | 43.37 | 25 | |
| Justice Party | 2,147,026 | 40.81 | 27 | |
| National Salvation Party | 465,731 | 8.85 | 2 | |
| Nationalist Movement Party | 170,357 | 3.24 | 0 | |
| Democratic Party | 165,170 | 3.14 | 0 | |
| Unity Party | 28,283 | 0.54 | 0 | |
| Independents | 2,851 | 0.05 | 0 | |
| Total | 5,260,888 | 100.00 | 54 | |
| Valid votes | 5,260,888 | 96.88 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 169,296 | 3.12 | ||
| Total votes | 5,430,184 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,295,019 | 58.42 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al.[3] | ||||
References
edit- ^ Türkiye'nin 75 yılı Hürgüç Gazetecilik,,İstanbul, 1998 p 255
- ^ "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