Ak Party Wins By-election In Siirt

ANKARA - The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) won the by-election in Siirt on Sunday.
According to provisional results, AK Party candidates Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Oner Gulyesil and Oner Ergenc were elected, and the number of AK Party seats in the parliament increases to 365.
The number of seats that political parties gained after general elections on November 3, 2002, and the current situation after today's by-election in Siirt are as follows:

     


 Name of Party                   November 3, 2002  Today 


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 AK Party                             363           365 


 Republican People's Party (CHP)      178           177 


 True Path Party (DYP)                  0             2 


 Independent                            9             6 


 TOTAL                                550           550