35th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention

2016 Republican People's Party leadership election

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Turnout	97.1%
Candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Party CHP Constituency İzmir (II) Delegate vote 990 Percentage 100.0%
Leader before election Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu CHP Elected Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu CHP

The 35th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention took place on 16 and 17 January 2016,^{[needs update]} having originally been scheduled for 2014. The convention date was pushed back from 2014, when it was supposed to be held two years after the previous in 2012, due to the 18th Extraordinary Convention that was held in September 2014. It w held shortly after the CHP's defeat in the November 2015 general election. The party was expected to see challengers to the leadership of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, however, Kılıçdaroğlu was re-elected with no other candidate challenging him.

In November 2015, Kılıçdaroğlu ruled out any prospect of holding an Extraordinary Convention prior to the scheduled Ordinary Convention despite calls from some CHP MPs, claiming that the preparations for the Ordinary Convention had already begun.^[1]