1966 Turkish Senate election

Senate elections were held in Turkey on 5 June 1966.^[1] In this election 52 members of the senate were elected; 50 members for one-third of the senate and two vacant seats.^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Justice Party	1,688,316	56.90	35
	Republican People's Party	877,066	29.56	13
	Nation Party	157,115	5.29	1
	Workers' Party	116,375	3.92	1
	New Turkey Party	70,043	2.36	1
	Republican Villagers Nation Party	57,367	1.93	1
	Independents	980	0.03	0
Total		2,967,262	100.00	52
Total votes		3,072,393	–
Registered voters/turnout		5,466,284	56.21
Source: Department of State, Nohlen et al.[3]

References

1. Türkiye'nin 75 yılı Hürgüç Gazetecilik, İstanbul, 1998 p 191
2. "Results of the senate elections" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
3. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp269–273 ISBN 0-19-924958-X