Turkey held local elections on 29 March 2009. The overal winner was the ruling party Justice and Development Party, although the party saw a decline in its vote relative to the 2007 general election. The leading opposition party, the social democratic Kemalist CHP, increased its vote share, as did a number of smaller parties including the SP, DTP and BBP, whose party leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu had died in a helicopter crash four days before the election. The third largest party, the Turkish nationalist MHP, enjoyed a more modest vote surge.[1] The election was not contested by Cem Uzan's GP.[2] The AK Party failed to take certain provinces it had publicly targeted, such as Diyarbakır,[3] İzmir and Urfa,[4] and did not achieve its goal of exceeding 47% of the overall vote.[5] There was localized fighting in southeastern Turkey, where five people were reported to have been killed and about a hundred injured in election-related violence.[5]
Turkey held local elections on 29 March 2009. The overal winner was the ruling party Justice and Development Party, although the party saw a decline in its vote relative to the 2007 general election. The leading opposition party, the social democratic Kemalist CHP, increased its vote share, as did a number of smaller parties including the SP, DTP and BBP, whose party leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu had died in a helicopter crash four days before the election. The third largest party, the Turkish nationalist MHP, enjoyed a more modest vote surge.[1] The election was not contested by Cem Uzan's GP.[2] The AK Party failed to take certain provinces it had publicly targeted, such as Diyarbakır,[3] İzmir and Urfa,[4] and did not achieve its goal of exceeding 47% of the overall vote.[5] There was localized fighting in southeastern Turkey, where five people were reported to have been killed and about a hundred injured in election-related violence.[5]
Provincial elections[edit]
The provisional results for provincial councils (Turkish: il genel meclisi) are given below:
| Party | Party leader | Vote total[1] | Vote percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKP | Erdoğan | 15,257,867 | 38.99 |
| CHP | Baykal | 9,090,363 | 23.23 |
| MHP | Bahçeli | 6,311,181 | 16.13 |
| DTP | Türk | 2,116,684 | 5.41 |
| SP | Kurtulmuş | 2,028,134 | 5.18 |
| DP | Soylu | 1,450,782 | 3.71 |
| DSP | Sezer | 1,073,553 | 2.74 |
| BBP | Yazıcıoğlu[2] | 869,772 | 2.22 |
| ANAVATAN | Uzun | 294,568 | 0.75 |
| BTP | H. Baş | 143,009 | 0.37 |
| Independents | — | 142,241 | 0.36 |
| İP | Perinçek | 100,241 | 0.26 |
| TKP | E. Baş | 68,882 | 0.18 |
| ÖDP | Kozanoğlu | 57,193 | 0.15 |
| EMEP | Tüzel | 43,977 | 0.11 |
| MP | Edibali | 34,847 | 0.09 |
| HAK-PAR | Bozyel | 25,222 | 0.06 |
| LDP | Toker | 10,904 | 0.03 |
| BDP | Ayzit | 6,868 | 0.02 |
| HYP | Öztürk | 5,985 | 0.02 |
| Total | 39,163,652 | 100 | |
- 1 Figures are provisional and will be subject to official review and confirmation.
- 2 Great Union Party (BBP) leader Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu died in a helicopter crash four days before the local elections.
District elections[edit]
Elections were also held for district mayors (ilçe başkanı) as well as neighbourhood presidents (muhtar).
References[edit]
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News. "Ruling party main loser in local ballot"
- ^ MSNBC. "Genç Parti yerel seçimlere katılmayacak"
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News. Pro-Kurdish DTP sweeps Diyarbakir
- ^ Hürriyet Daily News. "Turkey's AKP loses against independent Fakibaba"
- ^ a b Al Jazeera English. "AK party fails to sweep Turkey poll"
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