Parliamentary election in Turkey 2011

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Result (in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

49.8

26.0

13.0

5.7

1.3

0.9

3.3

ACP

CHP

MHP

BDP ^d

SP

Independent

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2007

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

+3.2

+5.1

-1.3

+1.7

-1.0

-0.5

-7.2

ACP

CHP

MHP

BDP ^d

SP

Independent

Otherwise.

Remarks:

^d 2002: DENAPS , the BDP-supported candidates scored 5.67% and their ally Emek Partisi 0.07%

Distribution of seats

      

A total of 550 seats

• KADEP : 1
• BDP : 29
• CHP : 135
• Independent: 6
• ACP : 327
• MHP : 52

The election for the 24th Grand National Assembly of Turkey took place on June 12, 2011. The 550 members of the national parliament were elected .

The ruling Islamic Conservative Party for Justice and Recovery (AKP) under Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the parliamentary elections for the third time in a row, but failed to achieve the desired two-thirds majority in order to be able to change the constitution on its own . The Kemalist-Social Democratic Republican People's Party (CHP) ran for the first time with its new chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu , achieved gains of more than five percentage points and remained the second strongest party.

Suffrage

In Turkey, the ten percent hurdle in Article 33, Paragraph 1 of the Electoral Law for Representatives, the highest threshold clause in comparison with European countries, applies . To circumvent this clause, some parties with a localized electorate, such as the Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi (BDP), decided to put their candidates into the election as independent candidates. A total of 230 independent candidates and 17 political parties ran for election.

The minimum age for the right to stand as a candidate has been reduced to 25 years (previously 30). In the election campaign, the Kurdish language of the largest ethnic minority was allowed to be used for the first time in addition to the Turkish language . There were 50,189,930 citizens eligible to vote, including more than 7 million first-time voters (see also demography of Turkey ).

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.

Participating parties

The Supreme Electoral Committee of Turkey (tr: Yüksek Seçim Kurulu ) registered 27 parties that could run for election. But nine of the eligible parties decided not to run. They either sent their members into the race as independents or entered into an electoral alliance with other parties. Finally, on April 19, Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi and Yeni Parti were excluded because they had not submitted their documents in full. In the end there were 15 parties. In detail, these were in the order of the voting slip:

logo		Political party	Alignment	Top candidate
		Justice and Development Party (AKP)	Islamic - conservative	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
		Democratic Party (DP)	liberal - conservative	Namık Kemal Zeybek
		Republican People's Party (CHP)	Kemalist , social democratic	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
		Labor Party (EMEP)	Marxist-Leninist	Haydar Kaya
		People's Party (MP)	nationalist	Aykut Edibali
		Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	liberal	Cem Toker
		Bliss Party (SP)	Islamist	Mustafa Kamalak
		Party for Law and Equality (HEPAR)	nationalist	Osman Pamukoğlu
		Party of the Voice of the People (HAS)	religious-conservative	Numan Kurtulmuş
		Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	right-wing extremist , nationalist	Devlet Bahçeli
		Right Path Party (DYP)	conservative	Çetin Özaçıkgöz
		Communist Party of Turkey (TKP)	Communist	Erkan Bas
		Nationalist and Conservative Party (MMP)	nationalist	Ahmet Reyiz Yılmaz
		Great Unity Party (BBP)	Islamist	Yalçın Topçu
		Democratic Left Party (DSP)	social democratic	Masum Turk

Independent candidates

In addition to political parties, independent candidates also ran for election. With 230 independent candidates, there were significantly fewer candidates than in the 2007 election (699 people). 17 left and socialist parties such as the BDP, the Emek Partisi and others formed the Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku (Labor, Democracy and Freedom Block) and sent 65 candidates for 41 provinces into the race. The majority of the candidates were close to the BDP. Prominent personalities such as Leyla Zana , Hatip Dicle , Ferhat Tunç , Şerafettin Elçi , Altan Tan and Yüksel Avşar (cousin of Hülya Avşar ) competed . Socialist candidates such as Ertuğrul Kürkçü (co-founder of THKP-C ), Sırrı Süreyya Önder and Levent Tüzel (former chairman of Emek Partisi) were among them. The candidates also included Ahmet Türk and Aysel Tuğluk , who lost their seats after the Toplum Partisi democracy was banned in 2009. Politicians of Kurdish origin such as Tuğluk and Türk have been forbidden by Turkish Law No. 2820 on political parties since 1983 to speak Kurdish in the election campaign and in parliament ; non-compliance with the Kurdish ban was tolerated or not prevented and persecuted for the first time in the 2011 election campaign .

Number of MPs by province

The number of mandates for a province depends on its population. Thus, Istanbul, the most populous province, sends 85, while Bayburt only sends 1 member to parliament. The individual numbers are:

Adana : 14 Adıyaman : 5 Afyonkarahisar : 5 Ağrı : 4 Aksaray 3 Amasya : 3 Ankara 1st area : 16 Ankara 2nd area : 15 Antalya : 14 Ardahan 2 Artvin : 2 Aydın : 7 Balıkesir : 8

Bartın 2 Batman 4 Bayburt 1 Bilecik : 2 Bing oil 3 Bitlis 3 Bolu 3 Burdur 3 Bursa 18 Çanakkale 4 Çankırı 2 Çorum 4

Denizli 7 Diyarbakır 11 Düzce 3 Edirne 3 Elazığ 5 Erzincan 2 Erzurum 6 Eskişehir 6 Gaziantep 12 Giresun 4 Gümüşhane 2 Hakkari 3

Hatay 10 Iğdır 2 Isparta 4 Mersin 11 Istanbul 1st area : 30 Istanbul 2nd area : 27 Istanbul 3rd area : 28 İzmir 1st area : 13 İzmir 2nd area : 13 Karabuk 2 Karaman 2 Kars : 3

Kastamonu : 3 Kayseri : 9 Kilis 2 Kırıkkale 3 Kırklareli : 3 Kırşehir : 2 Kocaeli : 11 Konya : 14 Kutahya : 5 Malatya : 6 Manisa 10 Kahramanmaraş 8

Mardin 6 Mugla 6 Must 4 Nevşehir 3 Niğde 3 Ordu 6 Osmaniye 4 Rize 3 Sakarya 7 Samsun 9 Siirt 3 Sinop 2

Şırnak 4 Sivas 5 Tekirdağ 6 Tokat 5 Trabzon 6 Tunceli 2 Şanlıurfa 12 Usak 3 Van 8 Yalova 2 Yozgat 4 Zonguldak 5

Result

Winners by provinces:

ACP

CHP

Work, democracy and freedom block

MHP

County winners

Result of the parliamentary election in Turkey 2011

Political party		Abbreviation	be right			Seats
			number	%	+/-	number	+/-
	Justice and Recovery Party	ACP	21,399,082	49.83	+3.25	327	−14
	Republican People's Party	CHP	11,155,972	25.98	+5.10	135	+23
	Nationalist Movement Party	MHP	5,585,513	13.01	−1.26	53	−18
	Independent *	-	2,819,917	6.57	+1.33	35	+9
	Party of bliss	SP	543.454	1.27	−1.07	0	± 0
	Party of the People's Voice	HAS	329.723	0.77	New	0	New
	Great Unity Party	BBP	323.251	0.75	New	0	New
	Democratic Party	DP	279,480	0.65	−4.77	0	± 0
	Party for Law and Equality	HEPAR	124,415	0.29	New	0	New
	Democratic Left Party	DSP	108.089	0.25	-	0	-
	Right Path Party	DYP	64,607	0.15	-	0	-
	Communist Party of Turkey	CPM	64.006	0.15	−0.08	0	± 0
	People's Party	MP	60,716	0.14	-	0	-
	Nationalist and Conservative Party	MMP	36,188	0.08	New	0	New
	Labor Party	EMEP	32,128	0.07	−0.01	0	± 0
	Liberal Democratic Party	LDP	15,222	0.04	−0.06	0	± 0
total			42,941,763	100.00		550
Valid votes			42,941,763	97.78	+0.57
Invalid votes			973.185	2.22	−0.57
voter turnout			43,914,948	83.16	−1.09
Non-voters			8,891,734	16.84	+1.09
Registered voters			52,806,322
Source: High Electoral Committee
* The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) nominated 61 candidates as independents, of which 29 were elected.

Parties in parliament

From the initial 27 parties registered for election, only 15 ran for election due to non-admission and formal errors. Due to the 10% threshold clause in force in Turkey , only three parties were able to enter parliament. 36 independent candidates were elected to parliament. They were supported by the Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku association.

logo		Political party	Alignment	Chairman	Seats	Seats 2007
		Justice and Development Party (AKP)	Islamic - conservative	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	327	341
		Republican People's Party (CHP)	Kemalist , social democratic	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	135	112
		Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)	right-wing extremist	Devlet Bahçeli	53	70
		Independent			36	26th

Independent election winners

The independent candidates who have won a mandate are:

candidate	Electoral region	block
Murat Bozlak	Adana	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Halil Aksoy	Ağrı	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Ayla Akat Ata	Batman	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Bengi Yıldız	Batman	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
İdris beams	Bing oil	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Hüsamettin Zenderlioğlu	Bitlis	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Hatip Dicle	Diyarbakır	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Leyla Zana	Diyarbakır	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Emine Ayna	Diyarbakır	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Altan Tan	Diyarbakır	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Nursel Aydoğan	Diyarbakır	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Şerafettin Elçi	Diyarbakır	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Selahattin Demirtaş	Hakkari	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Adil Kurt	Hakkari	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Esat Canan	Hakkari	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Pervin Buldan	Iğdır	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Sebahat Tuncel	Istanbul	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Sırrı Süreyya Önder	Istanbul	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Abdullah Levent Tüzel	Istanbul	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Mülkiye Birtane	Kars	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Ahmet Turk	Mardin	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Gülser Yıldırım	Mardin	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Erol Dora	Mardin	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Ertuğrul Kürkçü	Mersin	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Sırrı Sakık	Must	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Demir Çelik	Must	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Validan Kışanak	Siirt	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Hasip Kaplan	Şırnak	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Selma Irmak	Şırnak	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Faysal Sarıyıldız	Şırnak	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
İbrahim Ayhan	Şanlıurfa	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
İbrahim Binici	Şanlıurfa	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Kemal Akdaş	Van	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Aysel Tuğluk	Van	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Özdal Üçer	Van	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku
Nazmi Gür	Van	Emek, Demokrasi ve Özgürlük Bloku

Effects

The ruling AKP was able to increase its number of votes for the third time. Only in three ( Hakkâri , Iğdır and Tunceli ) of 81 provinces did it not receive a mandate. Due to a change in the electoral districts and an increase in the percentage of votes to be taken into account by the AKP, CHP and MHP (parties with more than 10% of the vote) from 81.8% to 88.8%, while the share of the AKP in the increase of 7, 0% of the votes to be considered was only 3.24%, the party received fewer seats in parliament than after the 2007 election . It failed to achieve its electoral goal of achieving the two-thirds majority required to amend the Turkish constitution without the consent of other parties. At this election, the first not held prematurely in 34 years, there was the surprise that after more than 50 years with Erol Dora from Mardin a member of the Christian faith has a seat in parliament again.

Other groups are also more strongly represented after the election. 78 women were elected to parliament, the largest number to date. The number of “independents”, especially Kurds close to the BDP, rose by 9 to 36. After Kurdish politicians were allowed to appear in the Kurdish language for the first time in the election campaign, it is expected that Erdoğan will increasingly turn to solving the Kurdish question after the election . Especially since PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan has shown himself ready to negotiate.

Trials against elected MPs

Four defendants in the Ergenekon and Balyoz trials ( Sinan Aygün , Mehmet Haberal , İlhan Cihaner and Mustafa Balbay ) were elected to parliament via the CHP list and one via the MHP. In addition, six, formally independent, MPs of the BDP (İbrahim Ayhan, Gürsel Yıldırım, Selma Irmak, Kemal Aktaş, Faysal Sarıyıldız and Hatip Dicle ) are in custody as part of the trial against the banned sub-organization of the PKK Koma Civakên Kurdistan .

A few days after the election, the High Electoral Council withdrew his mandate from Hatip Dicle due to a politically justified prison sentence from April 2010. The AKP candidate Oya Eronat from Diyarbakır Province, who was defeated in the direct election, will replace Dicle. This increases the number of seats for the ruling AKP party in the Turkish National Assembly. Dicle wants to appeal the decision. The remaining elected independent MPs then decided to boycott parliament. Furthermore, the dismissal of the remaining five independent MPs was refused. Mehmet Haberal and Mustafa Balbay were also not released from prison.

Opening of Parliament

The new parliament was constituted on June 28, 2011. As announced, the independent MPs stayed away from the session. In place of Hatip Dicle, Oya Eronat took her oath of office. The CHP was present but refused to take the oath (except for Oktay Ekşi) in protest against the non-release of Mehmet Haberal and Mustafa Balbay. Oktay Ekşi took the oath because he was the senior leader of the meeting.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Election Act No. 2839 of June 10, 1983, RG No. 18076 of June 13, 1983 ( online ).
2. ↑ By law No. 5551 of October 13, 2006 amending an article of the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, RG No. 26322 of October 17, 2006 as well as the amending law No. 5552 of October 19, 2006 to the Electoral Law , RG No. 26330 of October 28, 2006; see. also Article 67, Paragraph 7 of the Constitution.
3. ↑ Decision no . 2007-580 by Yüksek Seçim Kurulu
4. ↑ Law No. 2820 of April 22, 1983 on political parties, RG No. 18027 of April 24, 1983; German translation by Ernst E. Hirsch in: Yearbook of Public Law of the Present (New Series). Vol. 13, Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen 1983, p. 595 ff.
5. ↑ Official result of the 2011 parliamentary election (votes) (PDF) High Election Committee , PDF file (Turkish)
6. ↑ Official result of the 2011 parliamentary election (distribution of seats) (PDF) High Electoral Committee , PDF file (Turkish)
7. ↑ tbmm.gov.tr
8. ↑ Turkey's early elections end in disappointment for some parties ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2016 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. 
9. ↑ Erdogan's election victory, tribune with clipped wings
10. ↑ Surprise winner Kurds
11. ↑ Kurds hope for the day after
12. ↑ Court blocks the release of independent Kurdish candidates
13. ↑ Turkish opposition parties boycott swearing-in in parliament  ( 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.  

Web links

• Topic page for the 2011 election , from Spiegel-online.de
• Interactive Turkey map with the preliminary results for each province and district , from google (Turkish)
• Online voting information comparable to Wahl-O-Mat (Turkish, English)