Turkey ruling AKP 'loses majority' in surprise result

[Bosonic]

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Source: BBC

Turkey's governing AK party is on course to lose its parliamentary majority, early projections suggest.

They also suggest the pro-Kurdish HDP is set to cross the 10% threshold, securing seats for the first time.

With 90% of the vote counted, the AKP had 42% of the vote, according to Turkish TV stations.

If confirmed, the result would end the AKP's 13-year single-party rule, and upset President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's plans to boost his office's powers.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33042284

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AK Party 40.81%
CHP 25.01%
MHP 16.33%
HDP 13.06%
Diğer 4.78%

[iandhr]

1. Excellent

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Most excellent

After reading Endogran's rant earlier in the week it became obvious to me that he's in power way too long.

[Kurska]

3. HDP is one of the few genuinely good guys in that region.

In favor of gay rights, womens rights, and ethnic minority rights.

[dlwickham]

4. good

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. Good news from Turkey. n/t

[riderinthestorm]

6. Great news!! nt

[SunSeeker]

7. K & R

[bemildred]

8. +1. nt

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[bemildred]

9. Turkey ruling party loses parliamentary majority: 98% count

Ankara. Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the most votes in Sunday's election but has lost its parliamentary majority and will need to form a coalition, according to official results based on 98 percent of votes counted, AFP reported.

The AKP secured 41 percent of the vote, followed by the Republican People's Party (CHP) on 25 percent, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on 16.5 and the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) fourth on 12.5 percent.

According to the official seat projection, the AKP will have 259 seats in the 550-seat parliament, the CHP 131, the MHP 82 and the HDP 78.

http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2015/06/07/374695/turkey-ruling-party-loses-parliamentary-majority-98-count.html

[Joe Shlabotnik]

10. K&R n/t

[Herman4747]

11. Great News.

I refuse to believe that Ataturk liberated Turkey only so that it could be run by someone like Erdogan