Turkish general election, 2019
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This article is part of a series on the Turkish general election, 2018 |
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| Sunday, 24 June 2018 | ||||
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Candidate
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| AKP | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | |||
| CHP | Muharrem İnce | |||
| HDP | Selahattin Demirtaş | |||
| İYİ Party | Meral Akşener | |||
| Saadet | Temel Karamollaoğlu | |||
| Vatan | Doğu Perinçek | |||
 The 81 provinces of Turkey |
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| All 600 seats in the Grand National Assembly Outgoing members · Members elected 
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Alliance/Party
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Votes
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%
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MPs
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| People's All. | ||||
| Nation All. | ||||
| HDP | ||||
| Others | ||||
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Total
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600 | |||
 MPs allocated per province of Turkey |
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| ← Nov 2015 election | ||||
Opinion polling · Electoral system
General elections are scheduled to occur throughout Turkey on 24 June 2018. Originally due on 3 November 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on 18 April 2018 that the vote was being brought forward. Presidential elections will be held to elect the President of Turkey using a two-round system, with the first round taking place on 24 June and a second round (if necessary) due to occur two weeks after on 8 July. Parliamentary elections will take place to elect 600 Members of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Erdoğan had long supported a policy of turning Turkey into an executive presidency, replacing the existing parliamentary system of government. With the support of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), the government was able to enact a referendum in Parliament, with the vote being set for 16 April 2017.
The proposed constitutional changes would see parliamentary and presidential elections taking place on the same day every five years, with the initial vote being set for 3 November 2019. The number of seats in the Grand National Assembly was to be increased from 550 to 600, although the legislative powers of Parliament would be greatly reduced. Crucially, the office of the President of Turkey would be given powers to rule by decree, becoming both the country's head of state and head of government. Supporters of the changes claimed that the new system would make the system of government more efficient, while critics claimed that it would place too much power in the hands of the president and effectively render parliament powerless.
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