2018 Turkish parliamentary election

2018 Turkish parliamentary election

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All 600 seats in the Grand National Assembly
301 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout86.22% (Increase 0.99pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Sezai Temelli
Pervin Buldan
Party AK Party CHP HDP
Alliance People Nation None[a]
Last election 49.50%, 317 seats 25.32%, 134 seats 10.76%, 59 seats
Seats won 295 146 67
Seat change Decrease 22 Increase 12 Increase 8
Popular vote 21,338,693 11,354,190 5,867,302
Percentage 42.56% 22.65% 11.70%
Swing Decrease 6.94pp Decrease 2.67pp Increase 0.94pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Devlet Bahçeli Meral Akşener
Party MHP İYİ
Alliance People Nation
Last election 11.90%, 40 seats
Seats won 49 43
Seat change Increase 9 New
Popular vote 5,565,331 4,993,479
Percentage 11.10% 9.96%
Swing Decrease 0.80pp New


Prime Minister (office abolished after election) before election

Binali Yıldırım
AK Party

Elected Speaker of the Assembly

Binali Yıldırım
AK Party

2018 Ballot paper in Kocaeli


Parliamentary elections were held in Turkey on 24 June 2018 as part of general elections, with presidential elections taking place on the same day. Originally scheduled for 27 October 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called snap elections on 18 April after months of speculation. With the passage of a series of constitutional amendments in the 2017 referendum, the number of MPs will be increased from the previous 550 to 600. These representatives will be elected by the constituents of the 87 electoral districts of Turkey by party-list proportional representation.

The referendum in 2017 triggered a transition from a parliamentary system to an executive presidency. As such, the Grand National Assembly elected in 2018 was not entitled to appoint the prime minister and cabinet after the elections. While the office of prime minister was set to be abolished altogether, cabinet ministers will primarily serve at the pleasure of the president, who is to fill the role of both head of state and head of government.[1]


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  1. ^ Shaheen, Kareem (2 May 2017). "Erdoğan rejoins Turkey's ruling party in wake of referendum on new powers". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2018.