November 2015 Turkish general election

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The November 2015 Turkish general election was a snap parliamentary vote that restored the Justice and Development Party’s single-party majority amid heightened political tension and security concerns in Turkey.

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instanceOf general election
parliamentary election
snap election
AKPLeader Ahmet Davutoğlu
AKPSeatsWon 317
AKPVoteShare approximately 49.5%
CHPLeader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
CHPSeatsWon 134
CHPVoteShare approximately 25.3%
country Turkey
electionDate 2015-11-01
electoralThreshold 10%
electoralType parliamentary
HDPLeader Figen Yüksekdağ
Selahattin Demirtaş
HDPSeatsWon 59
HDPVoteShare approximately 10.8%
largestPartyAfterElection Justice and Development Party
legislativeBody Grand National Assembly of Turkey
location Turkey
mainIssue Kurdish–Turkish conflict escalation
political instability
security concerns
terrorist attacks in Turkey in 2015
mainParty Justice and Development Party
Nationalist Movement Party
Peoples' Democratic Party
surface form: Peoples’ Democratic Party

Republican People's Party
surface form: Republican People’s Party
MHPLeader Devlet Bahçeli
MHPSeatsWon 40
MHPVoteShare approximately 11.9%
month November 2015
nextElection 2018 Turkish general election
nextYear 2018
notableEvent held after collapse of coalition talks following June 2015 hung parliament
organizedBy Supreme Election Council of Turkey
partOf 2015 elections in Asia
elections in Turkey
politicalContext heightened political tension
renewed conflict between Turkish state and PKK
presidentDuringElection Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
previousElection June 2015 Turkish general election
previousYear 2015
primeMinisterAfterElection Ahmet Davutoğlu
primeMinisterBeforeElection Ahmet Davutoğlu
reasonForElection failure to form a coalition government after the June 2015 election
resultSummary restored single-party majority for the Justice and Development Party
rulingPartyBeforeElection Justice and Development Party
seatsForElection 550
voterTurnout approximately 85.2%

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Justice and Development Party wonElection November 2015 Turkish general election
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu candidateInElection November 2015 Turkish general election