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2013 Turkish Parliament Speaker elections
← 2011 2 July 2013 Jun–Jul 2015 →
548 of 550 Members of Parliament voting in the Grand National Assembly
367 votes needed to win in the first two rounds
276 votes needed to win in the third round
 
Nominee Cemil Çiçek Osman Korutürk Faruk Bal
Party AK Party CHP MHP
Constituency Ankara (II) İstanbul (I) Konya
Round 1 292 (64.7%) 108 (23.9%) 51 (11.3%)
Round 2 294 (65.2%) 110 (24.4%) 47 (10.4%)
Round 3 299 (65.7%) 109 (24.0%) 47 (10.3%)
Speaker before election

Cemil Çiçek
AK Party

Elected Speaker

Cemil Çiçek
AK Party

The mid-term Turkish Parliament Speaker elections of 2013 were held on 2 July 2013 in order to elect the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly. The election took place in three rounds, resulting in the incumbent Speaker Cemil Çiçek being re-elected to continue serving until the end of the 24th Parliament. The election took place half-way through the term of the 24th Parliament, which lasted from June 2011 to June 2015.

Three candidates contested the election, with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) re-nominating Çiçek. The Republican People's Party (CHP) nominated Osman Korutürk while the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) nominated Faruk Bal. The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) did not put forward a candidate. Çiçek was elected in the third round, winning 299 votes to Korutürk's and Bal's.

Election process

The Speaker is elected by secret ballot through a maximum of four rounds held within Parliament, with a two-thirds majority of 367 votes to be elected outright in the first two rounds. If the election goes into a third round, the votes needed to win is lowered to a simple majority (276) votes. If the election goes into a fourth round, the top two candidates who won the most votes in the third round contest a run-off, with the candidate winning the highest number of votes being elected.

Candidates

Potential candidates

Before the candidates were announced, it was speculated that Burhan Kuzu could be selected as the AKP's nominee. When the AKP eventually settled for Çiçek, Kuzu released a statement claiming that he was not resentful but very hurt by the decision.

Declared candidates

Results

Party Candidate Party
MPs 		July 2, 2013
Round 1
367 votes to win 		Round 2
367 votes to win 		Round 3
276 votes to win
AKP Cemil Çiçek 327 292 294 Green tickY 299
CHP Osman Korutürk 134 108 110 109
MHP Faruk Bal 52 51 47 47
Invalid 10 8 7
Blank 21 24 15
Turnout 482 483 477
Result Inconclusive Inconclusive Çiçek elected
Source: Sabah

See also

References

  1. "Burhan Kuzu: Çok kırgınım". Archived from the original on 2015-06-12. Retrieved 2015-10-11.

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