Preliminary results indicate that the People’s Alliance, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) obtained the majority of seats in the Turkish parliament in Sunday’s parliamentary election. Final results are yet to be announced.
According to results announced by Turkey’s state media Anadolu Agency, the People’s Alliance, consisting of AKP and ultranationalist far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have so far won 49.33 percent of the votes, followed by the opposition’s Nation Alliance at 35.19 percent. Anadolu added that 98.93 percent of the ballot boxes have been opened.
Anka news agency, which is known to be close to the opposition, also placed the People’s Alliance in the lead in terms of parliament seats obtained. According to them, People’s Alliance gained 49.34 percent and Nation Alliance 35.39 percent, adding that over 99 percent of the ballots were counted.
In order to form a majority in parliament, over half of the 600 seats in parliament need to be won.
