1973 Turkish Senate election

Senate elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. In this election 52 members of the Senate were elected; 50 members for one-third of the Senate and two vacant seats.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Republican People's Party	1,412,051	33.61	25
	Justice Party	1,300,801	30.96	22
	National Salvation Party	516,822	12.30	3
	Democratic Party	438,276	10.43	0
	Republican Reliance Party	246,888	5.88	1
	Nationalist Movement Party	114,662	2.73	0
	Unity Party	89,824	2.14	0
	Independents	82,233	1.96	1
Total		4,201,557	100.00	52
Valid votes		4,201,557	95.21
Invalid/blank votes		211,170	4.79
Total votes		4,412,727	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,761,157	65.27
Source: Nohlen et al.