Description of election in Turkey.......
The Grand National Assembly of Turkey has 550 members, elected for a four-year term (five years before the 2007 referendum) by a system based on closed list proportional representation according to the D'Hondt method.
To participate in the distribution of seats, a party must obtain at least 10% of the votes cast at the national level as well as a percentage of votes in the contested district according to a complex formula. The president was elected for a seven-year term by the parliament prior to the 2007 constitutional changes, and will be elected for at most two five-year terms by the people in the future.
Turkey has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and often a fourth party that is electorally successful. Since 1950, parliamentary politics has been dominated by conservative parties. Even the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) tends to identify itself with the "tradition" of Democrat Party (DP).
The leftist parties, most notable of which is the Republican People's Party (CHP) draw much of their support from big cities, coastal regions, professional middle-class, civil service, military officers, and the religious minority of Alevi.
The last general election was the one that took place on 12 June 2011.
Population (as of July 1, 2013)=80,694,485
Registered Voters (as of May 1, 2011)=52,807,777
Elections in our database=5
Average Turnout=81.52%
Election For Date Votes Registered Turn
Voters Out
Grand National
Assembly of
Turkey 2011-06-12 43,914,948 52,807,777 83.16%
Referendum 2010-09-12 38,369,165 52,051,828 73.71%
Grand National
Assembly of
Turkey 2007-07-22 36,059,293 42,799,303 84.25%
Grand National
Assembly of
Turkey 2002-11-03 32,661,123 41,133,105 79.4%
Grand National
Assembly of
Turkey 1999-04-18 32,656,070 37,495,217 87.09%
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