June 2015 Turkish general election
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The June 2015 Turkish general election was a parliamentary vote that resulted in a hung parliament and marked a significant setback for the ruling AKP by ending its single-party majority for the first time since 2002.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | parliamentary election ⓘ |
| AKPSeatsWon | 258 ⓘ |
| AKPVoteShare | approximately 40.9% ⓘ |
| campaignContext |
aftermath of 2013 corruption scandal
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debate over expanding presidential powers ⓘ security concerns and regional instability ⓘ |
| CHPSeatsWon | 132 ⓘ |
| CHPVoteShare | approximately 25.0% ⓘ |
| consequence | snap election called for November 2015 ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| date | 7 June 2015 ⓘ |
| electoralMethod | D’Hondt method NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralThreshold | 10% ⓘ |
| HDPSeatsWon | 80 ⓘ |
| HDPVoteShare | approximately 13.1% ⓘ |
| headOfStateDuringElection | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Turkish ⓘ |
| leadingParty | Justice and Development Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadingPartyLeader | Ahmet Davutoğlu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureTerm | 25th Parliament of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainIssue |
Kurdish peace process
NERFINISHED
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continuation of single-party AKP rule ⓘ corruption allegations ⓘ economy ⓘ presidential system proposal ⓘ |
| majorParty |
Justice and Development Party
NERFINISHED
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Nationalist Movement Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Peoples’ Democratic Party NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican People’s Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| MHPSeatsWon | 80 ⓘ |
| MHPVoteShare | approximately 16.3% ⓘ |
| nextElection | November 2015 Turkish general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOutcome |
AKP lost its single-party parliamentary majority
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HDP passed the 10% electoral threshold as a party ⓘ coalition negotiations failed ⓘ no party obtained an absolute majority of seats ⓘ |
| numberOfElectoralDistricts | 85 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeatsContested | 550 ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Supreme Electoral Council of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parliamentElected | Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | electoral history of Turkey ⓘ |
| previousElection | 2011 Turkish general election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | hung parliament ⓘ |
| significance |
ended uninterrupted single-party AKP rule since 2002
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major setback for the ruling AKP ⓘ |
| typeOfSystem | proportional representation ⓘ |
| voterTurnout | over 80% ⓘ |
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