Elected to the Senate of Turkey in 1961

Senate election 19611964 →

Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

37.0

35.3

13.9

13.4

0.4

CHP

AP

CKMP

YTP

Independent

Distribution of seats

    

A total of 150 seats

• CHP : 36
• YTP : 16
• AP : 71
• CKMP : 27

The 1961 election to the Senate of Turkey took place on October 15, 1961. It was the first election to the second chamber of the national parliament in the history of Turkey .

procedure

The 150 members of the Turkish Senate were elected . The AP received slightly fewer votes than the ruling CHP , but almost twice as many MPs; this was a consequence of the majority vote .

Result

Result of the election to the Turkish Senate in 1961

Political party		be right		Seats
		number	%
	Republican People's Party (CHP)	3,734,285	37.0	36
	Justice Party (AP)	3,560,675	35.3	71
	New Turkey Party (YTP)	1,401,637	13.9	27
	Republican Peasant People's Party (CKMP)	1,350,892	13.4	16
	Independent	39,558	0.4	0
Source: Suleyman Demirel University Research Repository

See also

• Political system of Turkey

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of parliamentary elections 1950-1999 ( Memento of the original from August 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Suleyman Demirel University Research Repository , PDF file (Turkish)