Turkey’s AKP unlikely to gain majority in polls: Survey
A new survey indicates that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is unlikely to win enough votes needed to form a single-party government in the country’s upcoming snap elections.
The survey of 4,864 people conducted by pollster Gezici showed on Thursday that the public support for the AKP, founded by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, currently stands at 40.8 percent.
The figure shows little change compared to the 40.9 percent the party received in the June 7 elections, and failed to form a government after 13 years of unrivaled ruling.
Two months later, November 1 was set as the date for the snap votes in the wake of a failure in coalition talks between the AKP and main opposition factions.
According to the survey carried out between October 3 and 4, Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) enjoys a 27.6 percent support, compared with 15.8 and 13.6 percent recorded for Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP).
The figures are all above the 10 percent threshold required for parties to enter Turkey’s 550-seat parliament.
The survey was carried out before the recent explosions in the Turkish capital city of Ankara that claimed tens of lives.
On October 10, twin blasts targeted a number of activists who had convened outside Ankara’s main train station for a peace rally organized by leftist and pro-Kurdish opposition groups. The Turkish government says 97 died in the bombings, but the HDP puts the death toll at 128.
The incident sparked anger from government opponents, who believe that the administration’s security and intelligence failure led to the fatal blasts.
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