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[[Turkey]] held '''senate elections on 15 October 1961'''. In this election 150 members of the senate were elected by the majority ([[Plurality voting system|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.<ref>[http://www.itusozluk.com/goster.php/@2135738 Results of the senate elections {{tr icon}}]</ref>

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Senate elections were held in [[Turkey]] on 15 October 1961. In this election 150 members of the senate were elected by first-past-the-post system. The result was surprising because the party with second greatest number of votes nationwide won twice as many seats as the leading party.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
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==Results==
!Party leader
{{Election results
!Vote total
|party1=[[Republican People's Party]]|votes1=3734285|seats1=36
!Vote percentage
|party2=[[Justice Party (Turkey)|Justice Party]]|votes2=3560675|seats2=71
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|party3=[[New Turkey Party (1961)|New Turkey Party]]|votes3=1401637|seats3=27
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|party4=[[Republican Villagers Nation Party]]|votes4=1350892|seats4=16
|[[Republican People's Party (Turkey)|Republican People's Party (CHP)]]||[[İsmet İnönü]]||3,734,285 ||36.1 %||36
|party5=Independents|votes5=39558|seats5=0
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|totalvotes=10519659
|[[Justice Party (Turkey)|Justice Party (AP)]]||[[Ragıp Gümüşpala]]||3,560,675 || 34.5 %||71
|electorate=12926837
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|source=Nohlen ''et al''.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp269–273 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}}</ref>
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|[[New Turkey Party (1961)|New Turkey Party (YTP)]]||[[Ekrem Alican]]||1,401,637 ||13,0 %||27
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|[[Nationalist Movement Party|Republican Nation Villagers' Party (CKMP)]]||[[Osman Bölükbaşı]]||1,350,892 ||12.5 % ||16
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==References==
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|Independents|| ||390,558||2.9 %||
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Senate elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. In this election 150 members of the senate were elected by first-past-the-post 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]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Republican People's Party3,734,28537.0236
Justice Party3,560,67535.3071
New Turkey Party1,401,63713.9027
Republican Villagers Nation Party1,350,89213.3916
Independents39,5580.390
Total10,087,047100.00150
Total votes10,519,659–
Registered voters/turnout12,926,83781.38
Source: Nohlen et al.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Results of the senate elections" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp269–273 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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