Turkey faces hung future after election
On June 7 Turkey faced most stressful election in recent time. People did not only vote to choose their representatives, but also to decide the future of the country. Record 86 percent turnout was reported in the election held on Sunday. A 3 percent of more voters participated this year, compared with 83.16% in the 2011 general elections.
In the general election held in 2011, the AKP bagged 327 seats with a 49.83% share of the vote, while the CHP got 135 seats with 25.98% and the MHP won 53 seats with 13.01%. The HDP did not exist at the time, and 35 pro-Kurdish independents were elected.
The Turkey election results are in: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has lost its parliamentary majority and the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has passed the undemocratic 10% threshold with a 13.1% share of the vote.
The
distribution
of
seats
in
the
new
Turkish
parliament
is
as
follows:
258
seats
for
the
Islamist
AKP
(40.9%)
132
seats
for
the
main
opposition
Republican
People's
Party
(CHP)
(25%)
80
seats
for
the
Turkish
Nationalist
Action
Party
(MHP)
(16.3%)
80
seats
for
the
pro-Kurdish
HDP
(13.1%)
Turkey votes in parliamentary polls
Turkey is facing uncertainty as the picture is not clear about formation of government whether it would be a minority government, a coalition government, the possibility of more elections. The election results has created ambiguity in political fraternity in Turkey.
Turkey's
President
Recep
Tayyip
Erdogan
has
said
the
inconclusive
election
result
means
no
party
can
govern
alone.
Erdogan
who
became
the
first
directly
elected
president
of
Turkey,
was
looking
for
330
seats
to
carry
out
referendum
to
shift
power
from
the
Prime
Minister's
Office
to
the
president.
The
election
result
has
dashed
his
hope
of
doing
this.
The AKP, according to some analysts, could also call for early parliamentary elections, which would once again raise the potential for more political turmoil and economic instability.
(With inputs from almonitor, CNN)