The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has framed the June 7 election in Turkey as a key hurdle on the path to the powerful presidential system that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to introduce.
However, if the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) crosses the 10 percent election threshold, the number of AKP lawmakers will decrease considerably, making it almost impossible to reach the 330 seats necessary for a constitutional change.
The HDP has faced scores of physical attacks during its campaign. One of its campaign bus drivers, Hamdullah Öğe, was murdered on June 3, and three of its supporters were killed when twin bomb blasts hit its milestone rally in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on June 5.
Election safety has also been a hot item on the agenda during the campaign ahead of the vote, amid the opposition’s claims that there was fraud in the vote counting process. The government has strictly denied the claim and mobilized a total of 404,000 security personnel to maintain security throughout the day of the election.
9:15 p.m. - Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş expressed his happiness at the current election results as the party crossed the election threshold. “We have been expecting around 12 or 13 percent of the votes. And it turned out as we expected. We are happy with the results,” Demirtaş told daily Hürriyet.
9:00 p.m. - The HDP is guaranteed to pass the threshold with more than 5.29 million votes. Here is the breakdown... AKP: 41.3% - CHP: 25.3% - MHP: 16.7% - HDP: 12.1%.....hurriyetdailynews.com
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the most votes in Sunday's election but has lost its parliamentary majority and will need to form a coalition, according to official results based on 98 percent of votes counted...
ReplyDeleteThe AKP secured 41 percent of the vote, followed by the Republican People's Party (CHP) on 25 percent, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on 16.5 and the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) fourth on 12.5 percent.
According to the official seat projection, the AKP will have 259 seats in the 550-seat parliament, the CHP 131, the MHP 82 and the HDP 78.
AFP
Joint statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the general elections in Turkey...
ReplyDelete"Turkey's general election on 7 June took place with a record 86% turn out, a clear sign of strength of the Turkish democracy. The fact that all major political parties obtained representation in the new parliament is particularly important.
We look forward to hearing the OSCE/ODIHR's preliminary findings and conclusions.
We now look forward to the swift formation of a new parliament and government, and to working together closely. The coming period offers opportunities for further strengthening the EU-Turkey relationship and to advance in broadening EU-Turkey cooperation in all fields, for the benefit of all our citizens."
http://eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2015/150608_01_en.htm
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