Turkish general election, 1999
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Turkey's 14th general election was held on Sunday April 18, 1999 and was the first election in Turkish history to combine local, council and parliamentary elections on the same day. Bülent Ecevit
's Democratic Left Party
(DSP), soaring in popularity after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, emerged as the biggest party and swept the board in most of Turkey's western provinces. It failed, however, to obtain an overall majority, and did not do nearly as well in the eastern provinces.
The second largest party (dubbed "the second winner" by the press the following day) became the Nationalist Movement Party
(MHP), which performed strongly nationwide, producing MPs from nearly all of the country's 81 provinces. The largest party of the last election, the Virtue Party
(FP), which slid back into opposition after shedding forty-seven seats and a million votes. The decline of the Republican People's Party
continued, with party this time failing to cross the 10 percent election barrier to enter parliament.
(ANAP) as a junior partner. The DYP was consulted during coalition negotiations, but ended up in opposition. The DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition turned out to be one the most stable in many years, surviving without change until Ecevit's hospitalisation and subsequent refusal to resign in 2002 prompted a wave of resignations from the DSP and an early general election
.
Bülent Ecevit
Mustafa Bülent Ecevit was a Turkish politician, poet, writer and journalist, who was the leader of Republican People's Party , later of the Democratic Left Party and four-time Prime Minister of Turkey.- Personal life :...
's Democratic Left Party
Democratic Left Party (Turkey)
The Democratic Left Party is a Turkish political party founded on November 14, 1985, by Rahşan Ecevit.-1985-1999:The DSP, a social democratic oriented party, was registered on November 14, 1985 by Rahşan Ecevit, wife of Bülent Ecevit, as he was banned from political life after the 1980 coup...
(DSP), soaring in popularity after the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, emerged as the biggest party and swept the board in most of Turkey's western provinces. It failed, however, to obtain an overall majority, and did not do nearly as well in the eastern provinces.
The second largest party (dubbed "the second winner" by the press the following day) became the Nationalist Movement Party
Nationalist Movement Party
The Nationalist Movement Party , is a far-right political party in Turkey.In the 2002 general elections, the party had lost its 129 seats as it had won only 8.34% of the national vote...
(MHP), which performed strongly nationwide, producing MPs from nearly all of the country's 81 provinces. The largest party of the last election, the Virtue Party
Virtue Party
Virtue Party was an Islamist political party established in December 1998 in Turkey. It was found unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court and then banned in June 2001, for violating the secularist articles of the Constitution...
(FP), which slid back into opposition after shedding forty-seven seats and a million votes. The decline of the Republican People's Party
Republican People's Party (Turkey)
The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to...
continued, with party this time failing to cross the 10 percent election barrier to enter parliament.
Total votes and seats for each party
| Parties | Votes | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||
| Democratic Left Party Democratic Left Party (Turkey) The Democratic Left Party is a Turkish political party founded on November 14, 1985, by Rahşan Ecevit.-1985-1999:The DSP, a social democratic oriented party, was registered on November 14, 1985 by Rahşan Ecevit, wife of Bülent Ecevit, as he was banned from political life after the 1980 coup... (Demokratik Sol Parti) |
6,919,670 | 22.19 | +7.55 | 136 | +60 | |
| Nationalist Movement Party Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party , is a far-right political party in Turkey.In the 2002 general elections, the party had lost its 129 seats as it had won only 8.34% of the national vote... (Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi) |
5,606,583 | 17.98 | +9.8 | 129 | +129 | |
| Virtue Party (Fazilet Partisi) | 4,805,381 | 15.41 | -5.97 | 111 | -47 | |
| Motherland Party Motherland Party (Turkey) The Motherland Party, was a political party in Turkey. It was founded in 1983 by Turgut Özal. It was merged to Democratic Party in October 2009... (Anavatan Partisi) |
4,122,929 | 13.22 | -6.43 | 86 | -46 | |
| True Path Party True Path Party The Democratic Party , abbreviated to DP, is a centre-right, conservative Turkish political party, established by Suleyman Demirel in 1983 as the Right Path Party... (Doğru Yol Partisi) |
3,745,417 | 12.01 | -7.13 | 85 | -50 | |
| Republican People's Party Republican People's Party (Turkey) The Republican People's Party is a centre-left Kemalist political party in Turkey. It is the oldest political party of Turkey and is currently Main Opposition in the Grand National Assembly. The Republican People's Party describes itself as "a modern social-democratic party, which is faithful to... (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) |
2,716,094 | 8.71 | -2.00 | 0 | -49 | |
| People's Democracy Party (Halkın Demokrasi Partisi) | 1,482,196 | 4.75 | +0.58 | 0 | 0 | |
| Great Union Party Great Union Party The Great Union Party is a nationalist political party in Turkey, created on January 29, 1993. It is considered to be close to the Grey Wolves organization, and is related to the "Alperen Ocakları" tendency, which operated a synthesis between Islamism and Turkish Nationalism, and separated itself... (Büyük Birlik Partisi) |
456,353 | 1.46 | 0 | |||
| Freedom and Solidarity Party Freedom and Solidarity Party Freedom and Solidarity Party is a left-wing party in Turkey. The party has had limited electoral success, although it controls a number of town halls and is influential in some unions of public employees... (Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi) |
248,553 | 0.80 | 0 | |||
| Democratic Turkey Party (Demokrat Türkiye Partisi) | 179,871 | 0.58 | 0 | |||
| Liberal Democratic Party Liberal Democratic Party (Turkey) The Liberal Democratic Party is a liberal party in Turkey. LDP was founded in 1994 as Liberal Parti by Turkish entrepreneur Besim Tibuk. Besim Tibuk was the consultant of Turgut Özal till he died in 17 April 1993... (Liberal Demokrat Parti) |
127,174 | 0.41 | 0 | |||
| Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti) | 92,093 | 0.30 | 0 | |||
| Nation Party Nation Party (Turkey) The Nation Party was a conservative and nationalistic political party in Turkey active from 1948 until 1953, when it was outlawed.-Formation and split:... (Millet Partisi) |
79,370 | 0.25 | -0.20 | 0 | ||
| Peace Party (Barış Partisi) | 78,922 | 0.25 | 0 | |||
| Workers' Party Workers' Party (Turkey) Workers' Party is political party in Turkey led by Doğu Perinçek. İP has its roots in the Revolutionary Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey , Workers and Peasants Party of Turkey and Socialist Party... (İşçi Partisi) |
57,607 | 0.18 | -0.04 | 0 | ||
| Labour Party Labour Party (Turkey) Labour Party is a political party in Turkey. Its chairman is Selma Gurkan. The party was founded as Emek Partisi in 1996. Due to its ban by the Constitutional Court, it was refounded with the name Emeğin Partisi , the same year... (Emek Partisi) |
51,756 | 0.17 | 0 | |||
| Rebirth Party (Yeniden Doğuş Partisi) | 44,787 | 0.14 | -0.20 | 0 | ||
| Socialist Government Party (Sosyalist İktidar Partisi) | 37,680 | 0.12 | 0 | |||
| Changing Turkey Party (Değişen Türkiye Partisi) | 37,175 | 0.12 | 0 | |||
| Democracy and Peace Party (Demokrasi ve Barış Partisi) | 24,620 | 0.08 | 0 | |||
| Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
270.265 | 0.87 | +0.39 | 3 | +3 | |
| No. of valid votes | 31,184,496 | 100,00 | 550 | 0 | ||
| Invalid votes | 1,471,574 | |||||
| Electorate size | 37,495,217 | |||||
| Voter turnout | 87.09% | |||||
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Coalition government
Bülent Ecevit formed the country's latest coalition government, against the FP, with the second-placed MHP and the fourth-placed motherland PartyMotherland Party
Motherland Party is the name of several parties:-See also:*Fatherland Party *List of generic names of political parties....
(ANAP) as a junior partner. The DYP was consulted during coalition negotiations, but ended up in opposition. The DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition turned out to be one the most stable in many years, surviving without change until Ecevit's hospitalisation and subsequent refusal to resign in 2002 prompted a wave of resignations from the DSP and an early general election
Turkish general election, 2002
Turkey's 15th general election was held on November 3, 2002 following the collapse of the DSP-MHP-ANAP coalition led by Bülent Ecevit. It was won by the Justice and Development Party , led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, producing a crushing majority in spite of their winning just 34.3% of the national vote...
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