Turkish Parliament Speaker election, June–July 2015

June–July 2015 Turkish Parliament Speaker elections

← 2013 30 June and 1 July 2015 Nov 2015 →
All 550 Members of Parliament voting in the Grand National Assembly 367 votes needed to win in the first two rounds 276 votes needed to win in the third round A simple majority of votes needed to win in the final round
Nominee İsmet Yılmaz Deniz Baykal Party AK Party CHP Constituency Sivas Antalya Round 1 256 (47.1%) 125 (23.0%) Round 2 256 (47.1%) 128 (23.5%) Round 3 259 (47.4%) 129 (23.6%) Round 4 258 (58.6%) 182 (41.4%)   Nominee Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat Party MHP HDP Constituency İstanbul (II) Mersin Round 1 81 (14.9%) 81 (14.9%) Round 2 80 (14.7%) 80 (14.7%) Round 3 80 (14.7%) 78 (14.3%) Round 4 N Eliminated N Eliminated
Votes for each candidate in all four rounds:      İsmet Yılmaz        Deniz Baykal        Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu      Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat        Invalid/blank        Absent
Speaker before election Cemil Çiçek AK Party Elected Speaker İsmet Yılmaz AK Party

Cemil Çiçek
AK Party

İsmet Yılmaz
AK Party

The June–July 2015 Turkish Parliament Speaker Elections were held on June 30 and July 1 in order to elect the next Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The election took place due to the election of a new parliament in the 7 June 2015 general election. Outgoing speaker of the 24th Parliament, AKP member Cemil Çiçek, was ineligible to stand as he stood down as an MP at the general election.

Since no party has a majority in the new parliament, this was the most unpredictable speaker election in over a decade. Previous speaker elections held under the AKP majority government era (2002-2015) had all been won by the AKP with little contest from opposition parties, due to their unrealistic prospects of winning.

With all parties in parliament supporting their own candidates up to and including the third round, the election went into a fourth and final round where a simple majority was required to win. The Justice and Development Party candidate İsmet Yılmaz was elected speaker with 258 votes, exactly the same as the number of MPs that the AKP has in Parliament. The Republican People's Party candidate Deniz Baykal, who was serving as acting speaker as the oldest MP in the new parliament, received 182 votes. The failure of the opposition parties to unite behind Baykal was attributed to the Nationalist Movement Party's intention of casting invalid or blank votes during the final round, having refused to support Baykal if the Peoples' Democratic Party supported him as well.

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