1961 Turkish Senate election

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Republican People's Party	3,734,285	37.02	36
	Justice Party	3,560,675	35.30	71
	New Turkey Party	1,401,637	13.90	27
	Republican Villagers Nation Party	1,350,892	13.39	16
	Independents	39,558	0.39	0
Total		10,087,047	100.00	150
Total votes		10,519,659	–
Registered voters/turnout		12,926,837	81.38
Source: Nohlen et al.