If the result is running particularly close in a district, this can affect the overall result. These overseas votes are used to “top up” the votes each party receives within each district. Instead, their votes are proportionally shared out among the 85 domestic electoral districts. Unlike the French system, for example, Turkish expatriates do not elect MPs to represent them in the Ankara parliament. It was an important result because of the effect overseas votes have on the domestic result in Turkey.
Overseas result, June 2015īut the pro-Kurdish HDP was a firm second, while the nationalist MHP languished in a distant fourth place. The overwhelming victor was the AK Party, which polled well above its in-country performance with just about half the overseas vote. Nearly one million Turkish passport holders – 29% of those registered – voted from their countries of residence, mostly in Europe, in the weeks leading up to 7 June. Votes cast by Turkish nationals abroad could swing more results in this election than ever beforeĪn unsung story of the June general election was the impact of expatriate votes.
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