Election

[JohnF]

Now under 50% and 310 seats. 

Worryingly, the HDP are also dropping, now just over the ten percent. 

JF

[usedbustickets]

Now that is a big worry, they could fall below 10% and if their votes get redistributed as a result, they go the way of the AKP, and Reg will have everything!!!

Early indications are that Reg set the right electoral strategy in terms of winning over the right wing nationalist votes, by attacking the kurds and making big nationalist statements about the Turkish motherland.  Even if I did not want the HDP to get votes, I did not expect their vote to collapse, and possibly to below the 10% threshold.

[usedbustickets]

Latest from Daily Hurriyet

7:55 p.m. - More than %85 percent of the votes have been counted. The HDP stands on the edge of the 10 percent threshold :

AKP

50.66%

CHP

24.75%

MHP

11.98%

[JohnF]

Depending on who you believe, they are at 10.34 or 10.48 percent currently.  I don't think their vote has collapsed as such, more that it's been diluted by difficulties in folks voting and close to one million voters disallowed from voting.  Add in the usual cheating and it's squeaky bum time for Demirtas and the HDP - and ultimately the country if they don't get over the magic figure.

JF

[littlereddevil]

He'll make sure he wins

[Karennina]

The Fethiye expat page on Facebook says he has won...lots if unhappy people on the group

[Colwyn]

Seems AKP has overall majority in Parliament. If HDP don't get 10% and have their seats redistributed then erdogan has his 50%+ magic figure for forced constitutional change leading to Presidential rule. I feel rather sick.

[Scunner]

10% is looking likely though (hopefully)?

[Menthol]

Phew.

[Scunner]

Fag paper