Parliamentary election in Turkey 2002

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Result (in%)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

34.3

19.4

9.5

8.4

7.3

6.2

5.1

2.5

1.2

6.2

ACP

CHP

DYP

MHP

GP

DEHAP ^f

ANAP

SP ^h

DSP

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1999

 % p

 35

 30th

 25th

 20th

 15th

 10

   5

   0

  -5

-10

-15

-20

-25

+34.3

+10.7

-2.5

-9.6

+7.3

+1.4

-8.1

-12.9

-21.0

+0.5

ACP

CHP

DYP

MHP

GP

DEHAP ^f

ANAP

SP ^h

DSP

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^f 1999: HADEP

^h 1999: FP

Distribution of seats

   

A total of 550 seats

• CHP : 178
• Independent: 9
• ACP : 363

The election for the 22nd Grand National Assembly of Turkey took place on November 3, 2002. The 550 members of the national parliament were elected . The election was shaped by the economic crisis of 2001 and the 10 percent hurdle , which - unlike the elections of previous decades - massively postponed the result and resulted in a fundamental change in the Turkish party system. Those who chose to vote for a small party feared that their vote would be lost. Many voters therefore chose a different party than they would have voted without a clause.

All five parties represented in parliament failed because of the threshold clause, including the three governing parties, the Democratic Left Party (DSP) with 2.5 percent (after 22.2% in 1999), the Motherland Party (ANAP) with 5.1 percent (after 13.2 percent) % 1999) and MHP with 8.4 percent (after 18.0 1999).
Only two parties entered parliament: the newly founded AKP and the (formerly long-running state) CHP . It was the first two-party parliament since the 1957-1960 legislative period . The AKP achieved almost a two-thirds majority with 34.4 percent of the vote; the CHP received 19.4 percent of the vote.

The 363 of the 550 seats for the AKP corresponded to 66.0 percent; The AKP thus missed the two-thirds majority required for constitutional amendments by four seats.

Participating parties

Eighteen parties ran for election:

logo		Political party	Alignment
		Justice and Development Party (AKP)	Islamic - conservative
		Republican People's Party (CHP)	Kemalist , social democratic
		Right Path Party (DYP)	conservative
		Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	right-wing extremist
		Boy party (GP)	nationalist
		Democratic People's Party (DEHAP)	nationalist
		Motherland Party (ANAP)	liberal - conservative
		Party of Bliss (SP)	Islamist
		Democratic Left Party (DSP)	social democratic
		New Turkey Party (YTP)	social democratic
		Great Unity Party (BBP)	Islamic - nationalist
		Home Party (YURT-P)	conservative
		Workers' Party (IP)	socialist
		Independent Turkey Party (BTP)	nationalist
		Party of Freedom and Solidarity (ÖDP)	socialist
		Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	liberal
		People's Party (MP)	nationalist
		Communist Party of Turkey (TKP)	Communist

Election result

Winners by provinces

County winners

Result of the parliamentary elections in Turkey in 2002

Political party		be right			Seats
		number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Justice and Development Party (AKP)	10,808,229	34.28	New	363	New
	Republican People's Party (CHP)	6,113,352	19.39	+10.68	178	+178
	Right Path Party (DYP)	3,008,942	9.54	−2.47	0	−85
	Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	2,635,787	8.36	−9.62	0	−129
	Boy party (GP)	2,285,598	7.25	New	0	New
	Democratic People's Party (DEHAP)	1,960,660	6.22	New	0	New
	Motherland Party (ANAP)	1,618,465	5.13	−8.09	0	−86
	Party of Bliss (SP)	785.489	2.49	New	0	New
	Democratic Left Party (DSP)	384.009	1.22	−20.97	0	−136
	New Turkey Party (YTP)	363,869	1.15	New	0	New
	Great Unity Party (BBP)	322.093	1.02	−0.44	0	± 0
	Independent	314.251	1.00	+0.13	9	+6
	Home Party (YURT-P)	294.909	0.94	New	0	New
	Workers' Party (IP)	159,843	0.51	+0.33	0	± 0
	Independent Turkey Party (BTP)	150,482	0.48	New	0	New
	Party of Freedom and Solidarity (ÖDP)	106.023	0.34	−0.46	0	± 0
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	89,331	0.28	−0.13	0	± 0
	People's Party (MP)	68.271	0.22	−0.03	0	± 0
	Communist Party of Turkey (TKP)	59,180	0.19	New	0	New
total		31,528,783	100.00		550
Valid votes		31,528,783	96.21	+0.72
Invalid votes		1,239,378	3.79	−0.72
voter turnout		32,768,161	79.14	−7.95
Non-voters		8,638,866	20.86	+7.95
Registered voters		41,407,027
Source: High Electoral Committee

Effects

Because of the high threshold of 10%, only the AKP and the CHP made it into parliament as parties. Thus only 60 percent of the voters were represented in parliament. The AKP won 365 of the 550 seats and formed a government under Abdullah Gül alone . All parties in the former coalition government failed.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was unable to vote because of his conviction. But through a constitutional amendment and the cancellation of the election in the province of Siirt , he was subsequently able to enter parliament as a member of the province of Siirt. In 2003 he replaced Abdullah Gül as head of government.

See also

• Political system of Turkey

Web links

• Results of the 2002 election from www.belgenet.net (Turkish)

Footnotes

1. ^ NTV
2. ↑ Official result of the 2002 parliamentary elections (votes) High Electoral Committee , PDF file (Turkish)
3. ↑ Official result of the 2002 parliamentary elections (distribution of seats) High Electoral Committee , PDF file (Turkish)