Around 90 Percent Of 22nd Legislative Term Formed By New Personalities

ANKARA - Around 90 percent of the 22nd legislative term is formed by new personalities at the end of the November 3 general elections.
This is the first time since 1954 that only two political parties entered the parliament.
Almost all of the deputy candidates from Justice and Development Party (AK Party) entered the parliament. 56 of 57 former deputies achieved to be re-elected while only Kemal Albayrak could not enter the parliament.
Two deputies who resigned from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) and joined the Republican People's Party (CHP) before the elections were re-elected as deputies, namely Fikret Unlu and Mustafa Yilmaz.
The number of independent deputies who entered the parliament increased when compared with the previous elections. Nine independent candidate deputies were elected as deputies in this election.
Mehmet Agar, Edip Safter Gaydali, Ulku Gokalp, Fadil Akgunduz, Mehmet Tartar, Mustafa Zeydan, Sebahattin Cevheri, Dursun Akdemir and Suleyman Bolunmez are the independent deputies in the 22nd legislative term.
Only two political parties exceeded the electoral threshold of 10 percent and entered parliament. AK Party and CHP got almost 55 percent of the votes throughout Turkey. 45 percent of the votes of people are not being represented in the parliament according to these results.
AK Party got the opportunity to form the government on its own by gaining 34 percent of the votes in Turkey, which has been ruled by coalition governments for 15 years since the Ozal government formed in 1987.
According to results of the elections, Prime Minister and Democratic Left Party (DSP) leader Bulent Ecevit, Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Mesut Yilmaz, True Path Party (DYP) leader Tansu Ciller and former Prime Minister and DYP member Yildirim Akbulut remained outside the parliament.
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli, Felicity Party (SP) leader Recai Kutan, New Turkey Party (YTP) leader Ismail Cem, Homeland Party (YP) leader Saadettin Tantan and Socialist Democracy Party (BDP) leader Sema Piskinsut were not re-elected as deputies since only two political parties achieved to pass the electoral threshold.