Election to the Senate of Turkey 1979

The Turkey held Senate elections on October 14, 1979 from.

In this election, 50 members of the Senate were elected nationwide - 50 members each for 1/3 of the Senate.

These were the last elections to the Senate in the history of the Republic of Turkey . After the military coup in 1980 , the Turkish constitution of 1961 was suspended and the Turkish constitution of 1982 was introduced. This constitution did not provide for a second chamber of parliament (as a senate).

Results

Political party	Party leader	Total votes	Share of votes	Number of seats
Justice Party (AP)	Suleyman Demirel	2,215,053	46.8%	33
Republican People's Party (CHP)	Bülent Ecevit	1,378,224	29.1%	12
National Salvation Party (MSP)	Necmettin Erbakan	459.040	9.7%	4th
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	Alparslan Turkis	312.241	6.1%	1
Republican Confidence Party (CGP)	Turhan Feyzioğlu	117,749	2.5%
Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey (TSİP)		62.105	1.3%
Unity Party of Turkey (TBP)	Mustafa Timisi	55,775	1.2%
Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP)	Behice Boran	33,720	0.7%
Socialist Revolutionary Party (SDP)	Mehmet Ali Aybar	33,548	0.7%
Independent		63.093	1.3%