| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi (T.B.M.M) / Grand National Assembly of Turkey |
| Structure of parliament |
Unicameral |
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
7 June 2015 |
| Purpose of elections |
The Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its majority in the 550-member parliament for the first time since 2002. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) entered parliament for the first time, taking 80 seats. The AKP's possible coalition partner, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP, led by Mr. Devlet Bahceli), stated that other coalitions should be explored first, favouring the coalition between the AKP and the HDP. Both the main opposition Republican Peoples Party (CHP, led by Mr. Kemal Kilicdaroglu), which came second, and the HDP (led by Mr. Selahattin Demirtas) ruled out coalition with the AKP. The AKP said it would call early elections if coalition talks failed. On 9 June, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (AKP) resigned in a procedural move.
The 2015 elections were the first to be held under Prime Minister Davutoglu (AKP), who succeeded Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan when Mr. Erdogan was elected as President of the Republic in August 2014. In October 2014, President Erdogan said that writing a new Constitution would be a priority after the 2015 elections. He favoured a presidential system instead of the current parliamentary one. During the election campaign, the major parties focused on possible amendments to the 1982 Constitution, measures to revive the slowing economy amid turmoil in neighbouring Iraq and Syria, the ongoing Kurdish peace process (including providing for the disarmament of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)) and the balance between providing social services to 1.8 million Syrian refugees on the one hand and jobs and healthcare for Turks on the other. |
Date of previous elections: 12 June 2011
Date of dissolution of the outgoing legislature: 7 June 2015
Timing of election: Upon normal expiry
Expected date of next elections: June 2019
Number of seats at stake: 550 (full renewal)
Number of candidates: 9,861 (7,236 men, 2,625 women)
Percentage of women candidates: 26.6%
Number of parties contesting the election: 20
Number of parties winning seats: 4
Date of the first session of the new parliament: 23 June 2015
Name of the new Speaker: Mr. Ismet Yilmaz (Justice and Development Party, AKP)
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| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 | 7 June 2015 |
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes |
56'608'817
47'507'389 (83.92%)
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Notes
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| Distribution of seats |
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Round no 1
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| Political Group |
Total
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| Justice and Development Party (AKP) |
258
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| Republican People's Party (CHP) |
132
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| Nationalist Action Party (MHP) |
80
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| Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) |
80
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| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
452
98
17.82%
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| Comments |
Sources:
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (19.06.2015)
http://www.aa.com.tr/en
http://www.ysk.gov.tr/ |
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