November 2015 Turkish general election

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The November 2015 Turkish general election was a snap parliamentary vote that restored the Justice and Development Party’s single-party majority amid heightened political tension and security concerns in Turkey.

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November 2015 Turkish general election canonical 5

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instanceOf general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
snap election ⓘ
AKPLeader Ahmet Davutoğlu ⓘ
AKPSeatsWon 317 ⓘ
AKPVoteShare approximately 49.5% ⓘ
CHPLeader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ⓘ
CHPSeatsWon 134 ⓘ
CHPVoteShare approximately 25.3% ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
electionDate 2015-11-01 ⓘ
electoralThreshold 10% ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary ⓘ
HDPLeader Figen Yüksekdağ ⓘ
Selahattin Demirtaş ⓘ
HDPSeatsWon 59 ⓘ
HDPVoteShare approximately 10.8% ⓘ
largestPartyAfterElection Justice and Development Party ⓘ
legislativeBody Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
location Turkey ⓘ
mainIssue Kurdish–Turkish conflict escalation ⓘ
political instability ⓘ
security concerns ⓘ
terrorist attacks in Turkey in 2015 ⓘ
mainParty Justice and Development Party ⓘ
Nationalist Movement Party ⓘ
Peoples’ Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican People’s Party ⓘ
MHPLeader Devlet Bahçeli ⓘ
MHPSeatsWon 40 ⓘ
MHPVoteShare approximately 11.9% ⓘ
month November 2015 ⓘ
nextElection 2018 Turkish general election ⓘ
nextYear 2018 ⓘ
notableEvent held after collapse of coalition talks following June 2015 hung parliament ⓘ
organizedBy Supreme Election Council of Turkey ⓘ
partOf 2015 elections in Asia ⓘ
elections in Turkey ⓘ
politicalContext heightened political tension ⓘ
renewed conflict between Turkish state and PKK ⓘ
presidentDuringElection Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ⓘ
previousElection June 2015 Turkish general election ⓘ
previousYear 2015 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Ahmet Davutoğlu ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Ahmet Davutoğlu ⓘ
reasonForElection failure to form a coalition government after the June 2015 election ⓘ
resultSummary restored single-party majority for the Justice and Development Party ⓘ
rulingPartyBeforeElection Justice and Development Party ⓘ
seatsForElection 550 ⓘ
voterTurnout approximately 85.2% ⓘ

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Justice and Development Party → wonElection → November 2015 Turkish general election ⓘ
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu → candidateInElection → November 2015 Turkish general election ⓘ
June 2015 Turkish general election → nextElection → November 2015 Turkish general election ⓘ
25th Parliament of Turkey → dissolutionElection → November 2015 Turkish general election ⓘ
26th Parliament of Turkey → election → November 2015 Turkish general election ⓘ