2023 Turkish general election

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Opinion polls

Presidential election

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28 May 2023 (second round) |

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Nominee  | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu |
Party  | AK Party | CHP
Alliance  | People's Alliance | Nation Alliance
Popular vote  | 27,117,669 | 24,954,920
Percentage  | 52.18% | 47.82%

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| President before election

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party

| Elected President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party

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Parliamentary election

14 May 2023
| Party | Leader  | Vote %  | Seats  | +/–

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AK Party | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 35.61  | 268  | −27
CHP | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | 25.33  | 169  | +23
Party of Greens and the Left Future | Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar, İbrahim Akın | 8.81  | 61  | −6
MHP | Devlet Bahçeli | 10.07  | 50  | +1
İYİ | Meral Akşener | 9.69  | 43  | 0
YRP | Fatih Erbakan | 2.82  | 5  | +5
TİP | Erkan Baş | 1.73  | 4  | +4

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Parliament diagram

General elections were held in Turkey on 14 May 2023,[1] combining presidential elections and parliamentary elections to elect 600 members of the Grand National Assembly.

## Background

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Further information: 2018 Turkish general election

The previous Turkish general election took place in 2018. The election marked the country's transition from a parliamentary system to a presidential one, as narrowly endorsed by voters in the 2017 constitutional referendum. That election resulted in a victory for incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who had held the position since 2014.

Meanwhile, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) lost its absolute majority in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the first time since June 2015, forcing it to rely on its coalition partner, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) of Devlet Bahçeli, to pass legislation. The office of the Prime Minister of Turkey was abolished on 12 July 2018, and its last holder, Binali Yıldırım, took office as the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly.

Although there were speculations about a snap election prior to the regular one in 2023, Bahçeli ruled them out. In a written statement, he said that elections would not be held before 2023. He also confirmed that the current coalition between AK Party and MHP will remain intact and Erdoğan will be their joint nominee for president. On 9 June 2022, Erdoğan declared his candidacy.[2]

On 22 January 2023, Erdoğan announced he would initiate snap elections on 10 March which would bring the election date forward from 18 June to 14 May.[3] Muharrem İnce announced he is withdrawing his candidacy on 11 May.[4]

## Presidential election

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Main article: 2023 Turkish presidential election

### Candidates

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On 1 April, after a drawing conducted by the Supreme Electoral Council, the places of four presidential candidates on the ballot paper have been determined as follows:

List of presidential candidates in order they appear on the ballot paper[5]

1 | 2 | 3 | 4
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Muharrem İnce[a] | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | Sinan Oğan
Campaign | Campaign | Campaign | Campaign

## Parliamentary election

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Main article: 2023 Turkish parliamentary election

### Contesting parties

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The table below shows the places of alliances, parties, and independent candidates in the order they will appear on the ballot paper:

List  | Party  | Chairperson(s)  | Main ideology  | Alliance

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1  |  | Nation Party | MİLLET | Cuma Nacar [tr] | Conservatism | —
2  |  | Rights and Freedoms Party | HAK-PAR | Düzgün Kaplan | Kurdish nationalism
3  |  | Communist Party of Turkey | TKP | Kemal Okuyan | Communism | Union of Socialist Forces
4  |  | Communist Movement of Turkey | TKH | Aysel Tekerek | Communism
5  |  | Left Party | SOL PARTİ | Önder İşleyen [tr] | Socialism
6  |  | Young Party | GENÇPARTİ | Murat Hakan Uzan [tr] | Kemalism | —
7  |  | Homeland Party | MEMLEKET | Muharrem İnce | Kemalism
8  |  | Great Unity Party | BÜYÜK BİRLİK | Mustafa Destici | Turkish Islamonationalism | People's Alliance
9  |  | Justice and Development Party | AK PARTİ | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Erdoğanism
10  |  | New Welfare Party | YENİDEN REFAH | Fatih Erbakan | Millî Görüş
11  |  | Nationalist Movement Party | MHP | Devlet Bahçeli | Ultranationalism
12  |  | Party of Greens and the Left Future | YEŞİL SOL PARTİ | İbrahim Akın, Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar | Green politics | Labour and Freedom Alliance
13  |  | Workers' Party of Turkey | TİP | Erkan Baş | Communism
14  |  | Justice Unity Party [tr] | AB PARTİ | İrfan Uzun | Nationalism | —
15  |  | Motherland Party | ANAP | İbrahim Çelebi [tr] | Liberal conservatism
16  |  | Innovation Party | YP | Öztürk Yılmaz | Kemalism
17  |  | People's Liberation Party | HKP | Nurullah Efe [tr] | Communism
18  |  | National Path Party | MİLLİ YOL | Remzi Çayır | National conservatism
19  |  | Patriotic Party | VATAN PARTİSİ | Doğu Perinçek | Ulusalcılık
20  |  | Power Union Party [tr] | GBP | Ali Karnap | Conservatism
21  |  | Republican People's Party | CHP | Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | Kemalism | Nation Alliance
22  |  | Good Party | İYİ PARTİ | Meral Akşener | Kemalism
23  |  | Justice Party | AP | Vecdet Öz [tr] | Liberal conservatism | Ancestral Alliance
24  |  | Victory Party | —  | Ümit Özdağ | Anti-immigration
25  |  | Independent candidates

## See also

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* List of elections in 2023
* Opinion polling for the 2023 Turkish general election

## Notes

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1. ^ İnce withdrew his candidacy on 11 May 2023, but remained on the ballot

## References

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1. ^ "President Erdogan confirms May 14 election date in Türkiye". Retrieved 7 May 2023.
2. ^ "Turkey's Erdogan says he will run for reelection next year". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
3. ^ "President Erdogan confirms May 14 elections date in Türkiye". TRT World. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
4. ^ "Days ahead of vote, Ince withdraws from Turkey presidential race". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
5. ^ "YSK draws presidential candidates' place on ballot paper". 2 April 2023.

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2023 Turkish general election

President|

* Opinion polling
* Candidate nominations
* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
* campaign
* People's Alliance
* Muharrem İnce
* Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
* campaign
* Nation Alliance
* Sinan Oğan
* Ancestral Alliance

Parliament|

* Opinion polling
* Leadership approval polling
* Elected members of parliament

Results by province|

* Adana
* Adiyaman
* Afyonkarahisar
* Ağrı
* Aksaray
* Amasya
* Anakra
* Antalya
* Ardahan
* Artvin
* Aydın
* Balıkesir
* Bartın
* Batman
* Bayburt
* Bilecik
* Bingöl
* Bitlis
* Bolu
* Burdur
* Bursa
* Çanakkale
* Çankırı
* Çorum
* Denizli
* Diyarbakır
* Düzce
* Edirne
* Elazığ
* Erzincan
* Eskişehir
* Gaziantep
* Giresun
* Gümüşhane
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* Hatay
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* Van
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*[+/–]: Seat change from the previous election
*[MİLLET]: Millet Partisi
*[HAK-PAR]: Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi
*[TKP]: Türkiye Komünist Partisi
*[TKH]: Türkiye Komünist Hareketi
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*[AK PARTİ]: Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
*[YENİDEN REFAH]: Yeniden Refah Partisi
*[MHP]: Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi
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*[ANAP]: Anavatan Partisi
*[YP]: Yenilik Partisi
*[HKP]: Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi
*[MİLLİ YOL]: Milli Yol Partisi
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*[GBP]: Güç Birliği Partisi
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*[AP]: Adalet Partisi
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