"Recep Erdogan wins by landslide in Turkey's general election
Centre-right Justice and Development party secures 49.9% of all votes, giving it 325 seats in parliament
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become the most successful prime minister in the history of Turkey's multiparty system after a landslide victory at the country's general election.
His centre-right Justice and Development party (AKP), in power since 2002, won 49.9% of all votes, giving it 325 seats in parliament. The result falls short of the two-thirds majority needed to rewrite Turkey's 1982 military constitution without having to consult parliament.
The Republican People's party (CHP), came second with 25.9%. The only other party to gain seats in parliament, the Nationalist Movement party (MHP), took 13%, seemingly unaffected by a sex tape scandal that caused the resignation of 10 senior party members."
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