ANKARA - Republican People's Party (CHP) Edirne deputy Necdet Budak resigned from his party on Monday.
After his resignation the number of CHP's seats in the Parliament dropped to 172 and number of independent parliamentarians increased to 7.
Here is the distribution of seats in the Parliament following Budak's resignation:

AK Party: 367
CHP : 172
DYP: 4
Independents:7
(AY-ULG) 05.07.2004