1979 Turkish Senate election

Senate elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1979, with one-third of the 150 seats elected. They were the last elections to the Senate, which was abolished in 1982.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Justice Party	2,215,053	46.82	33
	Republican People's Party	1,378,224	29.13	12
	National Salvation Party	459,040	9.70	4
	Nationalist Movement Party	312,241	6.60	1
	Republican Reliance Party	117,749	2.49	0
	Socialist Workers' Party	62,105	1.31	0
	Unity Party	55,774	1.18	0
	Workers' Party	33,720	0.71	0
	Socialist Revolution Party	33,548	0.71	0
	Independents	63,093	1.33	0
Total		4,730,547	100.00	50
Total votes		4,847,156	–
Registered voters/turnout		6,868,533	70.57
Source: Nohlen et al.