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Sunday, 22 July 2007

Vote 2007: Three parties in parliament

CNN Turk are predicting a win for the AK party with 46.88 percent of the vote, with a 1.5 percent error margin. Here is the result put together by the reputable Konda poll company:

AKP 46.88
CHP 18.12
MHP 15.74
Independents 6.03
DP 5.28
GP 3.11

NTV says the turnout was 81 percent, up from 74.3 percent in 2002. And this in spite of temperatures above 35 degrees in most parts of the country.

NTV also says that with 47.9 percent of the ballots counted, AK have a national share of 48.8 percent. Second is the CHP on 18.1, third is the MHP on 14.6, which would mean the AK, CHP and MHP have all crossed the election threshold. This will be a parliament of at least three parties.

Meanwhile, Turkish state television is being surprisingly frugal in its results service. TRT reports only 10 percent of votes counted, while the private stations say almost half are counted. Does someone smell an anomaly?

3 comments:

Emre Kızılkaya said...

It seems three parties, but actually it would be seven.

CHP has got DSP inside. Independent candidates would form DTP and ODP.

Anonymous said...

TRT publish the data only after it receives to state election board's (YSK) local offices and approved by officers. Private channels do not wait for approval.

James said...

Ah, yes, that makes sense. I should have known that, really. Thank you kindly!