Incumbent thanks voters for allowing him to ‘rule for the next five years’ although official results have not been announced
It is also important to keep in mind that these elections were also for Turkey’s 600-seat parliament, the shape of which is now clear. That will be the most important statistic for whoever comes out of this election on top, especially for opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu whose party is the second largest in Turkey’s parliament.
The AKP-led People’s Alliance – which includes the nationalist MHP – retained the largest number of deputies, even though their block shrunk from 2018’s election. They command 323 seats. Trailing them by just over a hundred deputies is the CHP-led Nation Alliance which includes another nationalist party – the Iyi party which have 212 parliamentarians in their block. The left wing Labour and Freedom Alliance which includes the pro-Kurdish Yeşil Sol party (a successor to the HDP) and the Turkish Workers party got just over 10% and have 65 deputies.