1979 Turkish Senate election

Turkey held senate elections on 14 October 1979. In this election 50 members of the senate were elected.( 50 members for 1/3 of the senate)

Party	Party leader	Vote total	Vote percentage	Seats
Justice Party (AP)	Süleyman Demirel	2,215,053	46.8 %	33
Republican People's Party (CHP)	Bülent Ecevit	1,378,224	29.1 %	12
National Salvation Party (MSP)	Necmettin Erbakan	459,040	9.7 %	4
National Movement Party (MHP)	Alparslan Türkeş	312,241	6,1 %	1
Republican Reliance Party (CGP)	Turhan Feyzioğlu	117,749	2.5 %
Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey (TSİP)		62,105	1.3 %
Turkey Unity Party (TBP)	Mustafa Timisi	55,775	1.2 %
Workers Party of Turkey (TİP)	Behice Boran	33,720	0.7 %
Socialist Revolution Party	Mehmet Ali Aybar	33,548	0.7%
Independents		63,093	1.3 %