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2018 Turkish general election

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Turkish presidential election, 2019
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The 81 voting Provinces of Turkey
Incumbent President

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party



The Turkish presidential election of 2019 is scheduled to be held on 3 November 2019, along with parliamentary elections on the same day. Following the approval of constitutional changes in a controversial referendum held in 2017, the elected President will be both the head of state and head of government of Turkey, taking over the latter role from the to-be-abolished office of the Prime Minister.[1]

Incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is widely expected to be the Justice and Development Party (AKP) candidate.[2] Besides Erdoğan, former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Member of Parliament Sinan Oğan has declared his intention to run.[3] Meral Akşener is seen as a candidate.[4]

Electoral process

Turkey uses a two-round system to elect a President. If no candidate wins a simple majority (50%+1 vote) in the first round on 3 November 2019, a run-off will take place two weeks later on 17 November between the two highest scoring candidates.

Candidate nomination

In order to stand for election, prospective 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.[5] An estimate released in July 2017 predicted that collecting 100,000 signatures to stand for election could exceed ₺15 million (US$4.2 million) in costs, if each individual signature would require certification by a notary.[6]

Based on the results of the previous general election results in November 2015, only the Justice and Development Party (AK Party), Republican People's Party (CHP), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) are eligible to field candidates for the presidential election. The remaining parties combined received under 3% of the vote and are thus unable to field either a joint candidate or a candidate in their own right.

Possible candidates

References

  1. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/apr/16/turkey-referendum-recep-tayyip-erdogan-votes-presidential-powers
  2. ^ http://www.haberler.com/erdogan-2019-da-cumhurbaskanligina-yeniden-aday-6399541-haberi/
  3. ^ http://www.birgun.net/haber-detay/sinan-ogan-sartlar-olusursa-2019-da-cumhurbaskanligi-na-aday-olacagim-155985.html
  4. ^ Malsin, Jared. "Turkey's 'Iron Lady' Meral Aksener Is Getting Ready to Challenge Erdogan". Time. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ^ http://www.cnnturk.com/video/turkiye/anayasa-degisikligi-maddeleri-tam-metni-yeni-anayasa-maddeleri-nelerdir
  6. ^ https://tr.sputniknews.com/turkiye/201707231029396275-cumhurbaskanligina-aday-gostermenin-bedeli-15milyon-lirayi-bulabilir/
  7. ^ "Yardımcısı duyurdu: Doğu Perinçek, 2019'da cumhurbaşkanı adayı - Diken". Diken. 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
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