ANKARA
Turkey’s Supreme Election Committee Chairman Sadi Guven has said the official results of the 25th parliamentary general election will be announced within 11 or 12 days.
In comments made to the press in Ankara Sunday night, Guven said that according to unofficial results four political parties, including the Justice and Development (AK) Party, pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Republican People’s Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) had surpassed the 10 percent election threshold.
"According to unofficial results, AK Party, CHP, MHP and HDP have surpassed the 10 percent election threshold," he said, adding: "The official results will be announced in 11 or 12 days".
He also said that the domestic vote count had been concluded, while most votes cast from abroad were accounted for as well.
According to the unofficial results, Turkey's AK Party won its fourth consecutive general election Sunday but failed to gain the majority needed to form a government.
The party, which came to power in 2002 before winning elections in 2007 and 2011, secured 40.79 percent of the vote with 99.86 percent of ballots counted, giving the party 258 seats in the Grand National Assembly -- 18 short of a simple majority.
The second-placed Republican People’s Party (CHP) secured 25.07 percent of vote to take 132 seats while the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) gained 16.38 percent to gain 81 seats.
The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) passed the 10 percent threshold with 12.98 percent of the vote to take 79 seats -- the first time it will enter parliament as a party.
The turnout was 86.47 percent.
