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
Turnout	86.22% (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 22 12 8 Popular vote 21,338,693 11,354,190 5,867,302 Percentage 42.56% 22.65% 11.70% Swing 6.94pp 2.67pp 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 9 New Popular vote 5,565,331 4,993,479 Percentage 11.10% 9.96% Swing 0.80pp New
Seats won Winners according to electoral districts (top) and provincial districts (bottom)
Prime Minister (office abolished after election) before election Binali Yıldırım AK Party Elected Speaker of the Assembly Binali Yıldırım AK Party

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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