2023 Turkish presidential election

The 2023 Turkish presidential election are scheduled to take place on 18 June 2023, as part of the 2023 general election, alongside parliamentary elections on the same day.

2023 Turkish presidential election
18 June 2023 (first round)
2 July 2023 (second round, if necessary)
Opinion polls
 
Party AKP CHP HDP
Alliance People's Alliance Nation Alliance
 
Party İYİ MHP
Alliance Nation Alliance People's Alliance
Incumbent President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AKP


Voters will elect a new president for a term of five years.

Background

Elections of 2018
Main article: 2018 Turkish general election

The previous Turkish general election took place on 24 June 2018. The election marked the country's transition from a parliamentary system to a presidential one, as narrowly endorsed by voters in the controversial 2017 constitutional referendum. That election resulted in a victory for incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who had held the position since 2014. Meanwhile, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its absolute majority in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey for the first time since June 2015, forcing it to rely on its coalition partner, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) of Devlet Bahçeli, to pass legislation.

Although there were speculations about a snap election prior to the regular one in 2023, Bahçeli ruled them out. In a written statement, he said that elections would not be held before 2023. He also confirmed that the current coalition between AKP and MHP will remain intact and Erdogan will be their joint nominee for President.[1]

Electoral system

The President of Turkey is directly elected through the two-round system, under which a candidate must obtain a simple majority (more than 50%) of the popular vote in order to be elected. If no candidate secures an overall majority outright, then a runoff is held between the two most voted-for candidates from the first round, the winner of which is then declared elected. The first direct election to the Turkish presidency was held in 2014, after a referendum in 2007 abolished the previous system under which the head of state was elected by the legislature, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The President of Turkey is subject to term limits, and may serve at most two consecutive five-year terms.[2]

Prospective presidential candidates must be at least 40 years old and must have completed higher education. Any political party that has won 5% of the vote in the previous parliamentary election can put forward a candidate, although parties that have not met this threshold can form alliances and field joint candidates as long as their total vote share exceeds 5%. Independents can run if they collect 100,000 signatures from the electorate.[3]

Candidates

Publicly expressed interest

Potential

Declined to be candidates

Candidates and parties

Presidential candidates
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AKP CHP HDP MHP İYİ

Contesting parties
Justice and Development Party Republican People's Party Peoples' Democratic Party Nationalist Movement Party İyi Party
Last election:
42.56%
21,335,579 votes
295 / 600
Last election:
22.64%
11,348,899 votes
146 / 600
Last election:
11.70%
5,866,309 votes
67 / 600
Last election:
11.10%
5,564,517 votes
49 / 600
Last election:
9.96%
4,990,710 votes
43 / 600

Opinion polls
Main article: Opinion polling for the 2023 Turkish presidential election

See also

References
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