Parliamentary election in Turkey 2007
The early election for the 23rd Grand National Assembly of Turkey took place on July 22, 2007. The 550 members of the national parliament were elected . The new elections came about because the 11th presidential election failed because of the minimum quorum and no president could be elected. The Constitution prescribes new elections in this case, the announced Constitutional Court in accordance with § 101 of the Constitution bringing forward the election to be held as scheduled in October of 2007. Parliament decided on May 3, 2007 to bring the parliamentary elections forward and hold them on July 22, 2007 .
Three parties made it into parliament: the Justice and Recovery Party (AKP), the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi Nationalist Movement (MHP). After the election, several independent candidates joined together to form different parties, including the Democratic Society Party (DTP), which with 20 members even had parliamentary groups.
General
In Turkey, 10 percent, the highest threshold clause in Europe applies (in accordance with Section 33 of the Electoral Act). In order to circumvent this clause, some parties with a localized electorate, such as the DTP, decided to send their candidates to the polls as independent candidates. A total of 699 independent candidates and 14 political parties stood for election.
The minimum age for the right to stand for election was 30 years. 42,799,303 million people were eligible to vote, 36,056,293 million cast their votes in 158,967 ballot boxes. The turnout was 84.25 percent. The High Election Committee ( Yüksek Seçim Kurulu ) published the list of all participating parties and independents on May 4, 2007.
In the provinces of Adıyaman, Ağrı, Artvin, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkari, Kars, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Muş, Ordu, Rize, Siirt, Sivason , Şanlıurfa, Van, Bayburt, Batman, Şırnak, Ardahan, Iğdır and Kilis, the polling stations were open from 07:00 to 16:00 UTC +2. In the remaining provinces, the opening times were from 08:00 to 17:00 UTC + 2.
Before the election there was an electoral alliance between the Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP) and the Demokratik Sol Parti (DSP). It was decided that the DSP would not stand for election and put its candidates on the CHP's list. 13 DSP candidates resigned from their party, were elected to parliament on the CHP list and rejoined the DSP after the election.
Election polls from various institutes
| Political party | Chairman | Jul. 2006 TS Piar |
Oct. 2006 SONAR |
Feb. 2007 SONAR |
May 2007 SONAR³ |
May 2007 A&G² |
Jun. 2007 VERSO 4 |
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| % | +/- | % | +/- | % | +/- | % | +/- | % | +/- | % | +/- | |||
| ACP | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 38.60 | +4.32 | 27.61 | −6.87 | 31.58 | - | 29.04 | - | 41.30 | +7.02 | 38.10 | −3.20 | |
| CHP | Deniz Baykal | 11.90 | −7.50 | 18.32 | −1.08 | 14.76 | - | 14.08 | - | 13.60 | −5.80 | 20.30 | +6.60 | |
| DSP | Zeki Sezer | 2.00 | +0.71 | 8.14 | +6.92 | 6.70 | - | 8.30 | - | 1.20 | - | - | - | |
| DYP | Mehmet Agar | 7.30 | −2.25 | 13.26 | +3.71 | 13.06 | - | 12.07 | - | 10.70 | +1.15 | - | - | |
| MHP | Devlet Bahçeli | 5.80 | −2.40 | 13.04 | +4.70 | 13.67 | - | 12.18 | - | 6.90 | −1.44 | 14.10 | +7.20 | |
| DTP | Nurettin Demirtaş | 5.70 | −0.53 | 4.24 | −1.99 | 4.37 | - | 2.60 | - | 3.60 | - | 3.10 | −0.50 | |
| AP | Erkan Mumcu | 3.70 | −1.43 | 5.61 | −0.12 | 4.10 | - | 8.30 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| GP | Cem Uzan | 3.50 | −3.75 | 5.25 | −2.02 | 6.90 | - | 10.07 | - | 3.90 | - | 3.70 | −0.20 | |
| SHP | Murat Karayalçın | 2.09 | - | 1.37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| SP | Recai Kutan | 1.60 | −0.88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BBP | Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu | 0.60 | −0.34 | - | - | 1.50 | - | 2.43 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| ÖDP | Mehmet Ufuk Uras | 0.30 | −0.40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Remaining parties | 3.06 | - | 1.98 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Participating parties
Alphabetical order according to the Turkish names of the 14 participating parties:
| logo | Political party | Alignment | Top candidate | |
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| Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Islamic - conservative | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | ||
| Party of the Enlightened Turkey (ATP) | nationalist | Oktay Öztürk | ||
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Independent Turkey Party (BTP) | nationalist | Haydar Bas | |
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Republican People's Party (CHP) | Kemalist , social democratic | Deniz Baykal | |
| Democratic Party (DP) | liberal - conservative | Mehmet Agar | ||
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Labor Party (EMEP) | Marxist-Leninist | Abdullah Levent Tüzel | |
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Boy party (GP) | nationalist | Ufuk alkane | |
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Party for the Rise of the People (HYP) | Kemalistic | Yaşar Nuri Öztürk | |
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Workers' Party (IP) | socialist | Dogu Perinçek | |
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Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | liberal | Cem Toker | |
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Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) | right-wing extremist | Devlet Bahçeli | |
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Party of Freedom and Solidarity (ÖDP) | socialist | Mehmet Ufuk Uras | |
| Party of Bliss (SP) | Islamist | Recai Kutan | ||
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Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) | Communist | Aydemir Guler | |
State party funding
| logo | Political party | Chairman | Total (YTL) | Sum (EUR) | |
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| Justice and Development Party (AKP) | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 141.216.258 | 82.249.419 | ||
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Republican People's Party (CHP) | Deniz Baykal | 79,874,759 | 46,528,688 | |
| Democratic Party (DP) | Mehmet Agar | 30,306,255 | 17,654,016 | ||
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Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) | Devlet Bahçeli | 26,547,814 | 15,464,647 | |
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Boy party (GP) | Cem Uzan | 23,020,688 | 13.410.023 | |
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Official end result
The official election result was announced on July 30th. On July 27th, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was commissioned by President Sezer to form a government. The new parliament met for the first time on August 4th.
| Political party | be right | Seats | ||||
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| number | % | +/- | number | +/- | ||
| Justice and Development Party (AKP) | 16,327,291 | 46.58 | +12.3 | 341 | −22 | |
| Republican People's Party (CHP) | 7,317,808 | 20.88 | +1.49 | 112 | −66 | |
| Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) | 5,001,869 | 14.27 | +5.91 | 71 (1) | +71 | |
| Democratic Party (DP) | 1,898,873 | 5.42 | −4.12 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent | 1,835,486 | 5.24 | +4.24 | 26th | +17 | |
| Boy party (GP) | 1,064,871 | 3.04 | −4.21 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Party of Bliss (SP) | 820.289 | 2.34 | −0.15 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent Turkey Party (BTP) | 182,095 | 0.52 | +0.04 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Party for the Rise of the People (HYP) | 179.010 | 0.51 | New | 0 | New | |
| Workers' Party (IP) | 128.148 | 0.37 | −0.14 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Party of the Enlightened Turkey (ATP) | 100,982 | 0.29 | New | 0 | New | |
| Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) | 79,258 | 0.23 | +0.04 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Party of Freedom and Solidarity (ÖDP) | 52,055 | 0.15 | −0.19 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 35,364 | 0.10 | −0.18 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Labor Party (EMEP) | 26,292 | 0.08 | New | 0 | New | |
| total | 35,049,691 | 100.00 | 550 | |||
| Valid votes | 35,049,691 | 97.21 | +0.99 | |||
| Invalid votes | 1.006.602 | 2.79 | −0.99 | |||
| voter turnout | 36.056.293 | 84.25 | +5.11 | |||
| Non-voters | 6.743.010 | 15.75 | −5.11 | |||
| Registered voters | 42.799.303 | |||||
| Source: High Electoral Committee | ||||||
(1) One seat remained vacant due to the accidental death of a member of parliament. Therefore the MHP had only 70 instead of 71 seats.
Independent MPs
Some parties ran their candidates as independents for this election because they feared that the threshold clause would fail. Former top politicians like Mesut Yılmaz or Kamer Genc also went this way to be elected to parliament. The independent candidates have resigned from their parties pro forma. However, once they have been elected, they can re-join their parties. Smaller parties can then be represented in parliament via this detour. You can also form a parliamentary group with 20 independent MPs. The candidates of the Kurdish DTP founded the campaign of a thousand hopes (Turk .: Bin Umut ; Kurd .: Heviyan Hezar ) to support and present their candidates nationwide. This campaign was also joined by candidates from other parties, such as the ÖDP and the SDP.
A total of 699 independents took part in this election.
| candidate | Electoral region | Percentage of votes in% ( regional ) |
Group (former party) |
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| 1 - Mesut Yılmaz | Rize | 22.94 | Anavatan Partisi |
| 2 - Ahmet Turk | Mardin | 19.35 | Am Umut Adayları ( DTP ) |
| 3 - Akın Birdal | Diyarbakır | 11.78 | Am Umut Adayları ( SDP ) |
| 4 - Ayla Akat Ata | Batman | 19.78 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 5 - Aysel Tuğluk | Diyarbakır | 9.44 | Am Umut Adayları ( DTP ) |
| 6 - Bengi Yıldız | Batman | 19.30 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 7 - Emine Ayna | Mardin | 15.57 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 8 - Fatma Kurtulan | Van | 11.80 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 9 - Validan Kışanak | Diyarbakır | 12.59 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 10 - Hamit Geylani | Hakkari | 17.58 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 11 - Hasip Kaplan | Şırnak | 24.18 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 12 - Ibrahim Binici | Urfa | 6.11 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 13 - Kamer Genç | Tunceli | 17.22 |
Social Democrat Halkçı Parti Doğru Yol Partisi |
| 14 - Mehmet Nezir Karabaş | Bitlis | 16.04 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 15 - Mehmet Nuri Yaman | Must | 16.83 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 16 - Mehmet Ufuk Uras | İstanbul 1st area | 3.74 | Bin Umut Adayları ( ÖDP ) |
| 17 - Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu | Sivas | 11.30 | Buyuk Birlik Partisi |
| 18 - Orhan Miroğlu | Mersin | 5.19 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 19 - Osman Özçelik | Siirt | 25.49 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 20 - Özdal Uçer | Van | 11.20 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 21 - Pervin Buldan | Iğdır | 26.90 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 22 - Sebahat Tuncel | Istanbul | 4.54 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 23 - Selahattin Demirtaş | Diyarbakır | 9.74 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 24 - Sevahir Bayındır | Şırnak | 29.47 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 25 - Sırrı Sakık | Must | 16.90 | Am Umut Adayları |
| 26 - Şerafettin Halis | Tunceli | 27.14 | Am Umut Adayları |
Number of MPs by province
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Messages
- The Party for Freedom and Change ( Hürriyet ve Değişim Partisi ) did not take part in the elections despite being allowed to vote.
- The Motherland Party ( Anavatan Partisi ) and the Right Path Party ( Doğru Yol Partisi ) wanted to unite to form the Democratic Party ( Demokrat Parti ). However, this failed, so that only the DYP renamed itself to DP and took part in the elections. The ANAP waived the elections on June 6th.
- The Democratic Left Party (DSP), the pro-Kurdish Democracy Toplum Partisi and the Social Democratic People's Party did not take part in the election.
- Instead, the Democratic Left Party put its candidates on the CHP's list .
- The independent candidate for the 2nd area in İstanbul Tuncay Şeyranlıoğlu was shot dead by unknown perpetrators while driving.
- 49 women will be represented in this Parliament: 28 women from the AKP, 10 from the CHP, 9 independents and 2 from the MHP. At 8.9%, this corresponds to the highest proportion of women in the history of Turkey.
- The newly elected MP for Istanbul Prof. Dr. Mehmet Cihat Özönder had an accident in a car a few days after the election. The high electoral committee decided that no other candidate could move up, so one seat in parliament remained vacant.
Effects of choice
- The chairman of the Democrat Parti Mehmet Ağar announced during the election evaluation (July 22, 2007) that he was stepping down from his post as party leader. The deputy chairman Nüzhet Kandemir then also announced his resignation.
- In Istanbul alone, 100,000 euros (178,200 YTL ) were spent on the disposal of election posters, flags and other propaganda materials .
See also
Web links
- TC Yüksek Seçim Kurulu Başkanlığı The High Electoral Council
- Election result (Zaman)
- Election result (CNN TÜRK)
- BBC Türkçe servisinden interaktif seçim sonuçları haritası
Individual evidence
- ↑ orf.at: Turkey: New election on July 22nd fixed ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 3, 2007.
- ↑ Final official election result , Der Hohe Wahlrat (YSK) , accessed on August 1, 2007
- ↑ Seçime katılacak partiler belli oldu ( Memento of the original from August 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. By NTVMSNBC on May 7, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Decision no . 2007-580 by Yüksek Seçim Kurulu
- ↑ Bugün seçim olsa The Sabah of July 23, 2006 (Turkish)
- ↑ SONAR Araştırma ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From the website of the SONAR Institute (Turkish)
- ↑ SONAR Araştırma The Milliyet of February 20, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Cevap ve düzeltme metni Vatan (daily newspaper) from July 1, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Yüksek Seçim Kurulu ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed by the YSK on August 1, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Türkiye geneli secim sonuclari Die Hürriyet (Turkish)
- ^ President Sezer instructed Erdoğan to form a new government Der Standard from July 27, 2007
- ↑ List kesinleşti, takvim başladı ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The Zaman of July 31, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Official result of the 2007 parliamentary elections (votes) High Electoral Committee , PDF file (Turkish)
- ↑ Official result of the 2007 parliamentary elections (distribution of seats) High Electoral Committee , PDF file (Turkish)
- ↑ Bin umut vekilleri ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From the side of the DTP (Turkish)
- ↑ Seçime katılacak partiler belli oldu By NTVMSNBC May 7, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ CHP-DSP nişan yaptı, nikâh seçimden sonra ( Memento of the original of July 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The radicals of May 7, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Bağımsız aday silahlı saldırıda öldürüldü Accessed by NTVMSNBC on July 18, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Parliament with the highest proportion of women to date, Der Standard of July 24, 2007
- ↑ MHP'den milletvekili seçilen Özönder, trafik kazasında yaşamını yitirdi The Milliyet of July 26, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ DP'de seçim depremi; Ağar istifa etti ( Memento of the original dated August 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Zaman online , accessed July 22, 2007 (Turkish)
- ↑ Seçim temizliğine 178 bin YTL harcandı ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Zaman online from July 28, 2007 (Turkish)
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