Senate elections were held in Turkey on 2 June 1968.[1] In this election 53 members of the senate were elected; 50 members for one-third of the senate and three vacant seats.[2]
Results
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Party | 1,656,802 | 49.86 | 38 | |
| Republican People's Party | 899,444 | 27.07 | 13 | |
| Reliance Party | 284,234 | 8.55 | 1 | |
| Nation Party | 200,737 | 6.04 | 1 | |
| Workers' Party | 157,062 | 4.73 | 0 | |
| Republican Villagers Nation Party | 66,232 | 1.99 | 0 | |
| Independents | 58,317 | 1.76 | 0 | |
| Total | 3,322,828 | 100.00 | 53 | |
| Total votes | 3,595,976 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 5,420,255 | 66.34 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al.[3] | ||||
References
edit- ^ Türkiye'nin 75 yılı Hürgüç Gazetecilik, İstanbul, 1998 p 202
- ^ "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