2011 Turkish General Election
12 June 2011 · The AKP era · 550 seats, 276 for a majority
General elections were held in Turkey on 12 June 2011 to elect the 550 members of Grand National Assembly. In accordance to the result of the constitutional referendum held in 2007, the elections were held four years after the previous elections in 2007 instead of five.
Prime Minister before
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party
Prime Minister (continued)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party
Largest force
Justice and Development Party
327 of 550 seats
Turnout
83.2%
The result
Justice and Development Party
49.8% of votes · +14 seats
327
seats
AK Party
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan · 49.8% of votes · -14 seats
327
seats
Republican People's Party
26.0% of votes · +23 seats
135
seats
CHP
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu · 26.0% of votes · +23 seats
135
seats
Nationalist Movement Party
13.0% of votes · +18 seats
53
seats
MHP
Devlet Bahçeli · 13.0% of votes · -18 seats
53
seats
Independents
6.6% of votes · +8 seats
35
seats