Electoral history of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a Mayor of Istanbul and is the 1st leader of the Justice and Development Party and the 25th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. He has been involved in many elections on local, leadership and nationwide stage since his first election to the Grand National Assembly in 1986.

Local elections, 1994

Candidate Party Percentage Votes
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Welfare Party 25.19 973,704
İlhan Kesici Motherland Party 22.14 855,897
Zülfü Livaneli Social Democratic Populist Party 20.30 784,693
Bedrettin Dalan True Path Party 15.46 597,461
Zekeriya Temizel Democratic Left Party 12.38 478,612
Unknown Nationalist Movement Party 1.87 72,121
Ertuğrul Günay Republican People's Party 1.40 54,028
Unknown Great Union Party 0.35 13,662
Unknown Nation Party 0.31 12,294
Unknown Rebirth Party 0.21 7,979
Unknown Socialist Union Party 0.18 7,075
Unknown Workers' Party 0.13 5,215

General election, 2002

A wall rug of Erdogan at a rally of the Justice and Development Party
Leader[1] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan d Justice and Development Party 10,808,229 34.28 Increase34.28 363 +363
Deniz Baykal Republican People's Party 6,113,352 19.38 Increase10.69 178 +178
Tansu Çiller True Path Party 3,008,942 9.54 Decrease2.45 0 −85
Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party 2,635,787 8.34 Decrease9.64 0 −129
Cem Uzan Young Party 2,285,598 7.25 Increase7.25 0 0
Mehmet Abbasoğlu Democratic People's Party 1,955,298 6.23 Increase1.48 0 0
Mesut Yılmaz Motherland Party 1,609,736 5.13 Decrease8.09 0 −86
Recai Kutan Felicity Party 785,489 2.49 Decrease12.93 0 −111
Bülent Ecevit Democratic Left Party 384,009 1.22 Decrease20.97 0 −136
İsmail Cem İpekçi New Turkey Party 361,284 1.15 Increase1.15 0 0
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Great Union Party 321,046 1.02 Decrease0.44 0 0
Sadettin Tantan Homeland Party 294,560 0.94 Increase0.94 0 0
Doğu Perinçek Workers Party 161,563 0.51 Increase0.33 0 0
Haydar Baş Independent Turkey Party 150,385 0.48 Increase0.48 0 0
Ufuk Uras Freedom and Solidarity Party 106,023 0.34 Decrease0.46 0 0
Besim Tibuk Liberal Democratic Party 89,331 0.28 Decrease0.13 0 0
Aykut Edibali Nation Party 68,271 0.22 Decrease0.03 0 0
Aydemir Güler Communist Party of Turkey 59,180 0.19 Increase0.07 0 0
− Independents 310,145 0.99 Increase0.12 9 +6

By-election, 2003

Leader[2] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Justice and Development Party 55,203 84.82 Increase67.26 3 +2
Deniz Baykal Republican People's Party 8,972 13.79 Increase4.87 0 −1
Doğu Perinçek Workers' Party 500 0.77 Increase0.63 0 0
Aydemir Güler Communist Party of Turkey 404 0.62 Increase0.52 0 0

Local elections, 2004

Leader[3] Party Votes Percentage CC members
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Justice and Development Party 13,448,587 41.67 2.276
Deniz Baykal Republican People's Party 5,883,696 18.23 392
Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party 3,372,732 10.45 178
Mehmet Ağar True Path Party 3,216,737 9.97 156
Murat Karayalçın Social Democratic People's Party 1,662,280 5.15 129
Recai Kutan Felicity Party 1,297,736 4.02 19
Cem Uzan Young Party 839,897 2.60 4
Nesrin Nas Motherland Party 807,842 2.50 26
Bülent Ecevit Democratic Left Party 683,782 2.12 9
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Great Union Party 374,125 1.16 7
− Independents 234,443 0.73 9
Haydar Baş Independent Turkey Party 154,519 0.48 0
Aydemir Güler Communist Party of Turkey 85,188 0.26 0
Doğu Perinçek Workers' Party 79,774 0.25 0
İsmail Cem New Turkey Party 79,584 0.25 0
Levent Tüzel Labour Party 18.695 0.06 1
Ufuk Uras Freedom and Solidarity Party 12.406 0.04 0
Aykut Edibali Nation Party 8,711 0.03 0
Yaşar Aydın Democratic Party 7,837 0.02 2
Tuğrul Türkeş Bright Turkey Party 3,872 0.01 0
− Liberal Democratic Party 0 0.00 0

General election, 2007

A rally of the Justice and Development Party in 2007
Leader[4] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan d Justice and Development Party 16,327,291 46.58 Increase12.30 341 –23
Deniz Baykal Republican People's Party 7,317,808 20.88 Increase1.49 112 –66
Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party 5,001,869 14.27 Increase5.91 71 +71
Mehmet Ağar Democratic Party 1,898,873 5.42 Decrease4.12 0 0
– Independents 1,835,486 5.24 Increase4.24 26 +18
Cem Uzan Young Party 1,064,871 3.04 Decrease4.21 0 0
Recai Kutan Felicity Party 820,289 2.34 Decrease0.15 0 0
Haydar Baş Independent Turkey Party 182,095 0.52 Increase0.04 0 0
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk People's Ascent Party 179,010 0.51 Increase0.51 0 0
Doğu Perinçek Workers' Party 128,148 0.37 Decrease0.14 0 0
Oktay Öztürk Bright Turkey Party 100,982 0.29 Increase0.29 0 0
Aydemir Güler Communist Party of Turkey 79,258 0.23 Increase0.04 0 0
Ufuk Uras Freedom and Solidarity Party 52,055 0.15 Decrease0.19 0 0
Cem Toker Liberal Democratic Party 35,364 0.10 Decrease0.18 0 0
Levent Tüzel Labour Party 26,292 0.08 Increase0.08 0 0

Constitutional referendum, 2007

Options[5] Votes Percentage
Green tickYes (supported by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) 19,422,714 68.95%
Red XNo 8,744,94 31.05%

Local elections, 2009

Leader[6] Party Votes Percentage CC members
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Justice and Development Party 15,353,553 38.39 1889
Deniz Baykal Republican People's Party 9,229,936 23.08 612
Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party 6,386,279 15.97 414
Ahmet Türk Democratic Society Party 2,277,777 5.70 235
Numan Kurtulmuş Felicity Party 2,079,701 5.20 29
Süleyman Soylu Democratic Party 1,536,847 3.84 45
Zeki Sezer Democratic Left Party 1,139,878 2.85 26
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Great Union Party 943,765 2.36 18
Salih Uzun Motherland Party 304,361 0.76 4
– Independent 172,279 0.43 7
Haydar Baş Independent Turkey Party 167,986 0.42 1
Doğu Perinçek Workers' Party 114,243 0.29 0
Erkan Baş Communist Party of Turkey 85,507 0.21 0
Hayri Kozanoğlu Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi 67,984 0.17 0
Levent Tüzel Labour Party 48,939 0.12 1
Aykut Edibali Nation Party 41,818 0.10 0
Bayram Bozyel Rights and Freedoms Party 29,392 0.07 0
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk People's Ascent Party 6,197 0.02 0
Cem Toker Liberal Democratic Party 2,285 0.01 0
Mustafa Ayzit Peace and Democracy Party 36 0.00 0

Constitutional referendum, 2010

Erdoğan during a public appearance in Diyarbakir (September 3, 2010)
Options[7] Votes Percentage
Green tickYes (supported by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) 21,787,244 57.88%
Red XNo 15,856,793 42.12%

General election, 2011

Leader[8] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan d Justice and Development Party 21,399,082 49.83 Increase3.25 327 –14
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Republican People's Party 11,155,972 25.98 Increase5.10 135 +23
Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party 5,585,513 13.01 Decrease1.30 53 –18
– Independent 2,819,917 6.57 Increase1.33 35 +8
Mustafa Kamalak Felicity Party 543,454 1.27 Decrease1.07 0 0
Numan Kurtulmuş People's Voice Party 329,723 0.77 Increase0.77 0 0
Yalçın Topçu Great Union Party 323,251 0.75 Increase0.75 0 0
Namık Kemal Zeybek Democratic Party 279,480 0.65 Decrease4.77 0 0
Osman Pamukoğlu Rights and Equality Party 124,415 0.29 Increase0.29 0 0
Masum Türker Democratic Left Party 108,089 0.25 Increase0.25 0 0
Çetin Özaçıkgöz True Path Party 64,607 0.15 Increase0.15 0 0
Erkan Baş Communist Party of Turkey 64,006 0.15 Decrease0.08 0 0
Aykut Edibali Nation Party 60,716 0.14 Increase0.14 0 0
Ahmet Reyiz Yılmaz Nationalist and Conservative Party 36,188 0.08 Increase0.08 0 0
Selma Gürkan Labour Party 32,128 0.07 Steady0.00 0 0
Cem Toker Liberal Democratic Party 15,222 0.04 Decrease0.06 0 0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election results, 2002, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  2. ↑ Election results, 2003, BelgeNet, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  3. ↑ Election results. 2004, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  4. ↑ Election results, 2007, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  5. ↑ Referendum results, 2007, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  6. ↑ Election results, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  7. ↑ Referendum results, 2010, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  8. ↑ Election results, 2007, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-06-24