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Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

used single house system before adopting the constitution of 1961

Turkish Constitution of 1961

The Constitution of 1961 was the fundamental law of Turkey from 1961 to 1982. It was introduced following the 1960 coup d'état, replacing the earlier Constitution of 1924. It was approved in a referendum held on 9 July 1961, with 61.7% of the nation voting in favor...

. By the constitution of 1961 Turkey adopted two house (bicameral) system where the upper house was named as the senate of the Republic

Senate of the Republic

Senate of the Republic was the name of the upper house of Turkish Parliament between 1961-1980- History :Although the Turkish Parliament was established in 1920 to replace the older Ottoman Parliament, the parliament was composed of only the lower house. Turkish Constitution of 1961 introduced the...

. But by the constitution of 1982, the upper house was abolished.

Single house elections before 1960

Date	Name of the election
21 July 1946	Turkish general election, 1946 Turkish general election, 1946 General elections were held in Turkey on 21 July 1946, the first multi-party elections in the country's history. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 395 of the 465 seats.-Results:...
14 May 1950	Turkish general election, 1950 Turkish general election, 1950 General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 1950. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 408 of the 487 seats.-Results:...
2 May 1954	Turkish general election, 1954 Turkish general election, 1954 General elections were held in Turkey on 2 May 1954. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 490 of the 535 seats. Voter turnout was 88.6%.-Results:...
27 October 1957	Turkish general election, 1957 Turkish general election, 1957 General elections were held in Turkey on 27 October 1957. The result was a victory for the Democratic Party, which won 419 of the 602 seats.-Results:...

Lower house elections between 1961-1980

Date	Name of the election
15 October 1961	Turkish general election, Lower house, 1961 Turkish general election, 1961 General elections were held in Turkey on 15 October 1961. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party, which won 173 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 81.4%.-Results:...
10 October 1965	Turkish general election, Lower house, 1965 Turkish general election, 1965 General elections were held in Turkey on 10 October 1965. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 240 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 71.3%.-Results:...
12 October 1969	Turkish general election, Lower house, 1969 Turkish general election, 1969 General elections were held in Turkey on 12 October 1969. The result was a victory for the Justice Party, which won 256 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 64.3%.-Results:...
14 October 1973	Turkish general election, Lower house, 1973 Turkish general election, 1973 General elections were held in Turkey on 14 October 1973. The result was a victory for the Republican People's Party , who won 185 of the 450 seats. Voter turnout was 66.8%....
5 June 1977	Turkish general election, Lower house, 1977 Turkish general election, 1977 General elections were held in Turkey on 5 June 1977. Elections took place in the middle of a political race between the right wing party AP and the left wing party CHP. With the charismatic leadership of Bülent Ecevit, CHP managed to beat one of the symbol figures of the conservative politics of...

Upper house elections between 1961-1980

Date	Name of the election
15 October 1961	Turkish general election, Senate (full), 1961 Turkish senate elections, 1961 Turkey held senate elections on 15 October 1961. In this election 150 members of the senate were elected by the majority system. The result was surprising. Because the second party could gain two times as much seats as the leading party....
7 June 1964	Turkish general election, Senate (1/3), 1964 Turkish senate elections, 1964 Turkey held senate elections on 7 June 1964. In this election 51 members of the senate were elected....
5 June 1966	Turkish general election, Senate (1/3), 1966 Turkish senate elections, 1966 Turkey held senate elections on 5 June 1966 . In this election 52 members of the senate were elected....
2 June 1968	Turkish general election, Senate (1/3), 1968 Turkish senate elections, 1968 Turkey held senate elections on 2 June 1968. In this election 53 members of the senate were elected....
14 October 1973	Turkish general election, Senate (1/3), 1973 Turkish senate elections, 1973 Turkey held senate elections on 14 October 1973. In this election 52 members of the senate were elected. References...
12 October 1975	Turkish general election, Senate (1/3), 1964 Turkish senate elections, 1975 Turkey held senate elections on 12 October 1975. In this election 54 members of the senate were elected.References...
7 June 1977	Turkish general election, Senate (1/3), 1964 Turkish senate elections, 1977 Turkey held senate elections on 7 June 1977. In this election 50 members of the senate were elected....
14 October 1979	Turkish general election, Senate (1/3), 1964 Turkish senate elections, 1979 Turkey held senate elections on 14 October 1979. In this election 50 members of the senate were elected....

Single house elections after 1983

Date	Name of the election
6 November 1983	Turkish general election, 1983 Turkish general election, 1983 General elections were held in Turkey on 6 November 1983, the first since 1977 because the democratic rights were abandoned after the military coup of 1980. The National Security Council banned the previous political partied from participating, leading to the establishment of new parties...
29 October 1987	Turkish general election, 1987 Turkish general election, 1987 General elections were held in Turkey on 29 October 1987. This election is important for two events; the Military junta's restrictions on former politicians were lifted so they joined to the political scene again, whilst the Motherland Party retained its majority in the parliament by losing votes...
20 October 1991	Turkish general election, 1991 Turkish general election, 1991 General elections were held in Turkey on 20 October 1991. It was the first by the ruling Motherland Party to be contested without its founding leader, Turgut Özal, who had become Turkish president two years previously. The result was a swing against Özal's former party in favour of its fierce...
25 December 1995	Turkish general election, 1995 Turkish general election, 1995 Turkey's 13th general election was held on Sunday December 24, 1995, triggered after the newly reformed Republican People's Party withdrew from a coalition with the True Path Party...
18 April 1999	Turkish general election, 1999 Turkish general election, 1999 Turkey's 14th general election was held on Sunday April 18, 1999 and was the first election in Turkish history to combine local, council and parliamentary elections on the same day. Bülent Ecevit's Democratic Left Party , soaring in popularity after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan,...
3 November 2002	Turkish general election, 2002 Turkish general election, 2002 Turkey's 15th general election was held on November 3, 2002 following the collapse of the DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition led by Bülent Ecevit. It was won by the Justice and Development Party , led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, producing a crushing majority in spite of their winning just 34.3% of the national vote...
22 July 2007	Turkish general election, 2007 Turkish general election, 2007 Turkey's 16th general election was held on July 22, 2007 and resulted in a resounding victory for the incumbent Justice and Development Party...

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