Senate elections were held in Turkey on 5 June 1977[1] , on the same day as for the lower house . In this election 50 members – one-third – of the Senate were elected.[2]
Results
Party Votes % Seats Republican People's Party 2,037,875 42.35 28 Justice Party 1,842,396 38.28 21 National Salvation Party 402,702 8.37 1 Nationalist Movement Party 326,967 6.79 0 Democratic Party 107,278 2.23 0 Republican Reliance Party 89,484 1.86 0 Independents 5,624 0.12 0 Total 4,812,326 100.00 50 Valid votes 4,812,326 95.98 Invalid/blank votes 201,351 4.02 Total votes 5,013,677 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,800,746 73.72 Source: Nohlen et al .[3]
References
^ Türkiye'nin 75 yılı , Hürgüç Yayıncılık, İstanbul, 1998 p 267
^ "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
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