AKP Overshadowed All other Parties in Turkey Election

Prime Minister = Ahmet Davutoglu

President = Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Election Held = On 1 November 2015

Parties Participated:-

AKP = Justice and Development Party

CHP = The center-left Republican People’s Party

HDP= pro-Kurdish, leftist Democratic Party

MHP = Nationalist Movement Party

78 million total population --
54 million registered voters --
86.1% voted –

Votes Counted = 95%

AKP = 49.5%

CHP = 25.2%

MHP = 12%

AKP = 316

CHP= 134

HDP = 56

Nationalist Movement Party = 41

More than 276 seats are needed to make a single part rule.

330 seats are needed to make constitutional changes to referendum.

316 of the 550-seat parliament is claimed by AKP --followed by CHP with 134 seats, HDP with 59 seats and MHP with 41 seats. Parties need to secure 276 seats to govern the country alone-

“In June, the AKP failed to get enough votes to form a government and coalition attempts failed to seat a Cabinet. That vote struck a stunning blow to more than 12 years of dominance in parliament by the AKP, founded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan” - CNN