Turkish senate elections, 1961

Turkey held senate elections on 15 October 1961. In this election 150 members of the senate were elected by the majority (winner takes all) system. The result was surprising because the party with second greatest number of votes nationwide won twice as many seats as the leading party.^[1]

Party	Party leader	Vote total	Vote percentage	Seats
Republican People's Party (CHP)	İsmet İnönü	3,734,285	36.1 %	36
Justice Party (AP)	Ragıp Gümüşpala	3,560,675	34.5 %	71
New Turkey Party (YTP)	Ekrem Alican	1,401,637	13,0 %	27
Republican Nation Villagers' Party (CKMP)	Osman Bölükbaşı	1,350,892	12.5 %	16
Independents		390,558	2.9 %

References

↑ Results of the senate elections (in Turkish)

Elections and referendums in Turkey
Presidential elections	2014 2019
General elections	1923 1927 1931 1935 1939 1943 1946 1950 1954 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2002 2007 2011 2015 (Jun) 2015 (Nov) next
Local elections	1930 1934 1938 1942 1946 1950 1955 1963 1968 1973 1977 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
Senate elections	1961 1964 1966 1968 1973 1975 1977 1979
Referendums	1961 1982 1987 1988 2007 2010 2017
By-elections	1986 2003
See also: Elections in the Ottoman Empire

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