Alliance of the Nation

Millet İttifakı Alliance of Nation
founding	May 2018
Place of foundation	Ankara
Alignment	Kemalism , Turkish nationalism , parliamentary system of government , pro-Europeanism
Parliament seats	176/600

The Alliance of the Nation ( Turkish Millet İttifakı ) is an electoral alliance founded in May 2018 , which began with the presidential and parliamentary elections in June 2018 and exists between the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Good Party (İYİ) . The alliance is intended to be a continuation of the cooperation between those who campaigned against a presidential system in the 2017 referendum and subsequently ensure a further joint approach.

Share of votes of Millet İttifakı in the 2018 parliamentary elections (by province).

Elections 2018

The aim of the 2018 parliamentary elections was to put up certain candidates from parties in provinces and districts with a higher chance of getting a seat in parliament in order to achieve a majority in parliament. By participating in this alliance, the DP and the SP wanted to “bring back” their voters, who would otherwise vote for other parties (whose “skipping” clause is certain; especially the AKP ) due to the threshold clause of ten percent . In addition, the alliance was supported by the Democracy Sol Parti .

The Party of Happiness brought two candidates into parliament via the CHP's electoral lists, who switched to their actual party after being sworn in. The leader of the Democratic Party did the same through the İyi Party.

In the case of the presidential elections taking place at the same time, however, each party should nominate its own candidate in the first round (with the DP supporting Akşener ), thus maximizing the chance of a runoff in which the opposition candidate would have the support of all parties (whereby it there was no runoff election).

Local elections 2019

The CHP and İYİ agreed on a further alliance in the run-up to the local elections on March 31, 2019 . As a result, İYİ in cities like İstanbul , Ankara and İzmir will not put up their own candidates for the office of Lord Mayor and thus support the CHP. For its part, the CHP has decided not to have its own candidates in Balıkesir , Trabzon and Denizli , among others . There is also a common candidate in the constituencies of many cities. A total of 51 cities / provinces agreed to work together.

CHP and İYİ managed to win the office of mayor in four of the five largest cities in the country (Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Adana ).

Member parties

Political party	Share of the vote	Seats	Alignment	Chairman
Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi	22.6%	139/600	Kemalism , social democracy	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
İyi Parti	10.0%	37/600	Turkish nationalism , national conservatism	Meral Akşener

former members

Political party	Share of the vote	Seats	Alignment	Chairman
Saadet Partisi	1.3%	1/600	Millî Görüş , Islamism	Karamollaoğlu Temple
Democrat Parti	- 0(via electoral lists of İYİ)	1/600	Liberal - conservatism	Gültekin Uysal

Election results

Parliamentary elections

Election year	be right	proportion of	MPs
2018	17,013,340	33.94%	189/600

Presidential election

Election year	be right	proportion of	candidate
2018	15,336,861	30.64%	Muharrem Ince
	3,649,253	7.29%	Meral Akşener
	443,774	0.89%	Karamollaoğlu Temple

Local elections

Election year	be right	proportion of	Metropolitan communities	Provincial boroughs
2019	17,443,527	37.57%	11/30	10/51

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sputnik: Dörtlü ittifakın ismi belli oldu. Retrieved May 5, 2018 (Turkish). 
2. ↑ Erken seçim 2018: Muhalefet ittifakı nasıl işleyecek? In: www.haberturk.com . ( haberturk.com [accessed May 5, 2018]).
3. ↑ DSP'den Millet İttifakı'na destek . In: Yeni Çağ Gazetesi . ( com.tr [accessed on May 27, 2018]).
4. ↑ 2 milletvekili CHP'den istifa ederek Saadet Partisi'ne geçti. Retrieved February 22, 2019 . 
5. ^ Yeni Şafak: Democrat Parti İyi Parti'den 1 vekil çıkardı. June 25, 2018, accessed on February 22, 2019 (tr-TR). 
6. ↑ Erdogan's opponents take position . In: news.ORF.at . May 4, 2018 ( orf.at [accessed May 5, 2018]).
7. ↑ Son dakika: CHP ve İYİ Parti'nin ortak adayları belli oldu! Retrieved February 22, 2019 (Turkish). 
8. ↑ İYİ Parti'den CHP ile işbirliği açıklaması. Retrieved February 22, 2019 (Turkish).