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Türkiye November 2015 parliamentary election

What was the result of the November 2015 parliamentary election in Türkiye?

Justice and Development Party won 317 of 550 seats with 49.5% of the vote. 85.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Türkiye
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Justice and Development Party won 317 of 550 seats with 49.5% of the vote; 85.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.3 points on 2015.

  • Justice and Development Party 317 +59 seats 49.5% +8.6 points
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 134 +2 seats 25.3% +0.4 points
  • Nationalist Movement Party 40 −40 seats 11.9% −4.4 points
  • Peoples' Democratic Party 59 −21 seats 10.8% −2.4 points
  • Felicity Party 0 0 seats 0.7% −1.4 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Türkiye June 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

276 of 550 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 49.5%

    Share of the vote won by Justice and Development Party

    Justice and Development Party won 317 of 550 seats. A majority needs 276.

  2. +59 seats

    Seats gained by Justice and Development Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2015. Nationalist Movement Party lost 40 seats.

  3. 85.2%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.3 points on 2015.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Justice and Development Party317+5949.5+8.623,681,926
Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party134+225.3+0.412,111,812
Nationalist Movement Party40−4011.9−4.45,694,136
Peoples' Democratic Party59−2110.8−2.45,148,085
Felicity Party000.7−1.4319,543

± is the change against the Türkiye June 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Justice and Development Party 23,681,926
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 12,111,812
  • Nationalist Movement Party 5,694,136
  • Peoples' Democratic Party 5,148,085
  • Felicity Party 319,543

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

85.2% of the 56,949,009 registered voters cast a ballot (48,537,695 ballots), up 1.3 points on 2015. 47,840,231 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1999 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Justice and Development Party49.5% of votes57.6% of seats
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party25.3% of votes24.4% of seats
  • Peoples' Democratic Party10.8% of votes10.7% of seats
  • Nationalist Movement Party11.9% of votes7.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Justice and Development Party led Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party by 24.2 points of the vote.

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