REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 3 NOVEMBER 2002
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Elections to the Great National Assembly of Turkey (Turkiye Buyuk 
Millet Meclisi, TBMM)
Source: Website of the newspaper Hurriyet

Parties
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* AKP - Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi (Justice and Development Party)
* ANAP - Anavatan Partisi (Motherland Party)
* CHP - Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Republican People's Party)
* DHP - Demokratik Halk Partisi (Democratic People's Party)
* DSP - Demokratik Sol Partisi (Democratic Left Party)
* DYP - Dogru Yol Partisi (True Path Party)
* GP - Genc Partisi (Youth Party)
* MHP - Milliyetci Hareket Partisi (Nationalist Movement Party)


NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS
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Registered voters:      41,452,823
Votes counted:          32,733,410 (79.0%)
Invalid votes:           1,284,982 (03.9%)
Valid votes             31,448,428 (96.1%)
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Party                   Votes       %       Change     Seats
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AKP                     10,779,489  34.3    +18.8      363   +252
ANAP                     1,610,708  05.1    -08.1        -   -086
CHP                      6,099,083  19.4    +10.5      178   +178
DHP                      1,953,627  06.2    +01.5        -
DSP                        385,950  01.2    -21.1        -   -136
DYP                      3,004,842  09.5    -02.5        -   -085
GP                       2,277,651  07.2                 -
MHP                      2,622,545  08.3    -09.7        -   -129
Others                   2,714,533  08.6                 9   +006
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Total                   31,448,428                     550
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The votes and seats for the AKP are compared to those won by the
Virtue Party (FP) in 1999. The nine other members elected were
independents.