Turkish parliamentary election, 2018

Turkish parliamentary election, 2018

← Nov 2015 24 June 2018
← outgoing members
All 600 seats of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey 301 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Binali Yıldırım* Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Sezai Temelli Pervin Buldan Party AK Party CHP HDP Alliance People's Millet None Leader since 24 May 2017 22 May 2010 11 February 2018 (both) Leader's seat İzmir (I) İzmir (II) None • İstanbul (III) Last election 317 seats, 49.50% 134 seats, 25.32% 59 seats, 10.76% Current seats 316 116 48   Leader Devlet Bahçeli Meral Akşener Party MHP İYİ Alliance People's Millet Leader since 6 July 1997 25 October 2017 Leader's seat Osmaniye TBA Last election 40 seats, 11.90% New party Current seats 35 21
* Binali Yıldırım serves as the party's parliamentary group leader

The Turkish parliamentary election of 2018 is scheduled to occur on 24 June 2018 as part of the 2018 Turkish general election, with a presidential election taking place on the same day. Originally scheduled for 3 November 2019, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called a snap election on 18 April after months of speculation. With the passage of a series of constitutional amendments in the 2017 referendum, the number of MPs will be increased from the previous 550 to 600. These representatives will be elected by the constituents of the 85 electoral districts of Turkey by party-list proportional representation.

The referendum in 2017 triggered Turkey's transition from a parliamentary to an executive presidential system. As such, the Grand National Assembly will not be entitled to appoint the country's prime minister and cabinet after the 2018 elections. While the office of the Prime Minister of Turkey is set to be abolished altogether, cabinet ministers will primarily serve at the pleasure of the President of Turkey, who is to fill the role of both head of state and head of government.

After the elections of June 2015 resulted in the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) losing its majority, the four parties in the Grand National Assembly were faced with the prospect of a coalition government. However, after government formation talks broke down, early elections were called for November 2015. The snap election saw the AKP regain its absolute parliamentary majority with 317 of 550 seats. The remainder went to the Republican People's Party (CHP) on 134 seats, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on 59, and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on 40. The results of the November 2015 elections allowed the AKP to form a single-party government under its leader Ahmet Davutoğlu, but not to change the constitution or call a referendum, which would have required two-thirds or three-fifths majorities, respectively. As such, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was left nominally unable to trigger a switch from a parliamentary to a presidential system, as his AKP had campaigned for ahead of the elections. Additionally, he faced opposition on the matter from Prime Minister Davutoğlu, who allegedly held reservations over a change in form of government. In May 2016, Davutoğlu resigned from both the AKP leadership and the premiership, citing disagreements with Erdoğan as part of the reason. He was replaced in both capacities by Binali Yıldırım.