1979 Turkish Senate election
{{Politics of Turkey}}
Senate elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1979, with one-third of the 150 seats elected."8 Million Turks Vote Today in Midterm Elections", The New York Times, October 14, 1979, p. A18 {{Cite web |url=http://www.itusozluk.com/goster.php/@2135738 |title=Results of the senate elections |language=tr |access-date=2010-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313232853/http://www.itusozluk.com/goster.php/@2135738 |archive-date=2012-03-13 |url-status=dead }} They were the last elections to the Senate, which was abolished in 1982.
Results
{{Election results
|party1=Justice Party|votes1=2215053|seats1=33
|party2=Republican People's Party|votes2=1378224|seats2=12
|party3=National Salvation Party|votes3=459040|seats3=4
|party4=Nationalist Movement Party|votes4=312241|seats4=1
|party5=Republican Reliance Party|votes5=117749|seats5=0
|party6=Socialist Workers' Party|votes6=62105|seats6=0
|party7=Unity Party|votes7=55774|seats7=0
|party8=Workers' Party|votes8=33720|seats8=0
|party9=Socialist Revolution Party|votes9=33548|seats9=0
|party10=Independents|votes10=63093|seats10=0
|totalvotes=4847156
|electorate=6868533
|source=Nohlen et al.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp269–273 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}
}}