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Turkey election: Ruling AKP 'heads for majority' Turkey election: Ruling AKP regains majority
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Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) looks likely to claim a majority in a critical parliamentary election, results indicate. Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June.
With 95% of all votes counted, state-run Anadolu Agency said the party was on 49.5%, with the main opposition CHP on 25.3%. With almost all ballots counted, state-run Anadolu Agency said AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%.
The pro-Kurdish HDP and nationalist MHP appear likely to cross the 10% threshold needed to claim seats. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu called the result was a "victory for our democracy and our people".
Attempts to form a coalition government after elections in June failed. The pro-Kurdish HDP crossed the 10% threshold needed to claim seats.
The nationalist MHP will also take seats in Ankara.
Polls had indicated the AKP would received only between 40-43% of the vote, in line with how it fared in June when it lost its majority for the first time in 13 years.
Attempts to form a coalition government after the June election failed.
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BBC correspondents said the results are likely to see AKP form a single-party government after its failure to reach a majority in June. With almost all of the results counted, the AKP is set to win substantially more than the 276 seats needed to win a majority, allowing it to form a government on its own.
Current projections indicate the ruling party will gain substantially more than the 276 seats needed to win a majority. However, it will fall just short of the amount of seats needed to call a referendum on changing the constitution and increasing the powers of the president, AKP founder Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
However, projections show it will fall just short of the amount of seats needed to call a referendum on changing the constitution and increasing the powers of the president, AKP founder Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The AKP's opponents had said the vote was a chance to curb what it sees as the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of Mr Erdogan.The AKP's opponents had said the vote was a chance to curb what it sees as the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of Mr Erdogan.
Since elections in June, a ceasefire between the Turkish army and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) collapsed after a suicide bombing in July by suspected Islamic State (IS) militants.Since elections in June, a ceasefire between the Turkish army and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) collapsed after a suicide bombing in July by suspected Islamic State (IS) militants.
The attack near the border with Syria killed more than 30 Kurds.The attack near the border with Syria killed more than 30 Kurds.
Turkey then suffered its deadliest attack in its modern history when more than 100 people were killed after a peace rally attended by mainly left-wing demonstrators, including many HDP supporters, was targeted by two suicide bombers.Turkey then suffered its deadliest attack in its modern history when more than 100 people were killed after a peace rally attended by mainly left-wing demonstrators, including many HDP supporters, was targeted by two suicide bombers.
The government said they were linked to IS.The government said they were linked to IS.
The HDP scaled back its election campaign after the attack.The HDP scaled back its election campaign after the attack.
Critics have accused Mr Erdogan of renewing violence to curb support for the HDP - something the government denies.Critics have accused Mr Erdogan of renewing violence to curb support for the HDP - something the government denies.
One senior official from the HDP told Reuters the partial results were "disappointing".One senior official from the HDP told Reuters the partial results were "disappointing".
Reuters and Agence France-Presse reported clashes in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir as the results were being counted. Reuters said police fired tear gas at protesters throwing stones. With most votes counted, the HDP has 10.5% of the vote - enough to give it 59 parliamentary seats, 21 fewer than it claimed in June's election.
Clashes were reported in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir as the results were being counted. Reuters said police fired tear gas at protesters throwing stones.
Last week, the offices of the opposition media group Koza-Ipek were raided by police after the government's seizure of its assets.
The raid is the latest in an operation to crack down on followers of US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen that has been under way since December 2013, when corruption allegations against allies of Mr Erdogan emerged.
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