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Türkiye 2018 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2018 parliamentary election in Türkiye?

Justice and Development Party won 295 of 600 seats with 42.6% of the vote. 86.2% 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 295 of 600 seats with 42.6% of the vote; 86.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.0 points on 2015.

  • Justice and Development Party 295 −22 seats 42.6% −6.9 points
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 146 +12 seats 22.7% −2.6 points
  • Peoples' Democratic Party 67 +8 seats 11.7% +1.0 points
  • Nationalist Movement Party 49 +9 seats 11.1% −0.8 points
  • Good Party 43 10.0%
  • Felicity Party 0 0 seats 1.4% +0.7 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 November 2015 parliamentary election, party by party.

301 of 600 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 42.6%

    Share of the vote won by Justice and Development Party

    Justice and Development Party won 295 of 600 seats. A majority needs 301.

  2. +12 seats

    Seats gained by Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2015. Justice and Development Party lost 22 seats.

  3. 86.2%

    Voter turnout

    Up 1.0 points on 2015.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Justice and Development Party295−2242.6−6.921,335,581
Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party146+1222.7−2.611,348,899
Peoples' Democratic Party67+811.7+1.05,866,309
Nationalist Movement Party49+911.1−0.85,564,517
Good Party4310.04,990,710
Felicity Party001.4+0.7673,731

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

Votes by party
  • Justice and Development Party 21,335,581
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party 11,348,899
  • Peoples' Democratic Party 5,866,309
  • Nationalist Movement Party 5,564,517
  • Good Party 4,990,710
  • Felicity Party 673,731

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?

86.2% of the 59,354,840 registered voters cast a ballot (51,183,729 ballots), up 1.0 points on 2015. 50,130,419 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1999 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Justice and Development Party42.6% of votes49.2% of seats
  • Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party22.7% of votes24.3% of seats
  • Peoples' Democratic Party11.7% of votes11.2% of seats
  • Nationalist Movement Party11.1% of votes8.2% of seats
  • Good Party10.0% of votes7.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 5.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.7 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Justice and Development Party led Social Democratic Populist Party / Republican People's Party by 19.9 points of the vote.

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