2011 Turkish Parliament Speaker election

none 2011 Turkish Parliament Speaker elections Turkey presidential no no 2009 Turkish Parliament Speaker election 2009 4 July 2011 2013 Turkish Parliament Speaker election 2013 All 550 Members of Parliament voting in the Grand National Assembly367 votes needed to win in the first two rounds276 votes needed to win in the third round Constituency Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 200x200px FDC400 Cemil Çiçek Justice and Development Party (Turkey) Ankara (II) 302 (80.5%) 322 (86.1%) 322 (86.6%) 200x200px 870000 Tunca Toskay Nationalist Movement Party Antalya 50 (13.3%) 52 (13.9%) 50 (13.4%) 380px Votes for each candidate in all four rounds:Justice and Development Party (Turkey) Cemil Çiçek   Nationalist Movement Party Tunca Toskay   #000000 Invalid/blank   #D8D8D8 Absent Speaker Mehmet Ali Şahin Justice and Development Party (Turkey) Cemil Çiçek Justice and Development Party (Turkey) The Turkish Parliament Speaker elections of 2011 were held on 4 July 2011 to elect the 25th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly. The elected speaker would preside over the 24th Parliament of Turkey, which was elected in the parliamentary election held on 12 June 2011. With the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) holding 327 of the 550 seats (a majority of 104) in the Grand National Assembly, the election of the party's candidate Cemil Çiçek was regarded as an effective certainty. At the age of 79, Republican People's Party (CHP) Member of Parliament Oktay Ekşi became the interim Speaker following the state opening of Parliament on 28 June by virtue of being the oldest MP elected. The official AKP candidate was Cemil Çiçek, the former Minister of Justice, though another AKP candidate Zelkif Kazdal also collected enough signatures to run. The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) nominated Tunca Toskay as their candidate, while the CHP did not nominate anyone amid reports that the party approved of Çiçek's candidacy. Kazdal dropped out of the race after only receiving 23 votes in the first round, with Çiçek being eventually elected in the third round. Election process The Speaker is elected by secret ballot through a maximum of four rounds held within Parliament, with a two-thirds majority of 367 votes to be elected outright in the first two rounds. If the election goes into a third round, the votes needed to win is lowered to a simple majority (276) votes. If the election goes into a fourth round, the top two candidates who won the most votes in the third round contest a run-off, with the candidate winning the highest number of votes being elected. Until the Speaker is elected, the Parliament is overseen by the oldest MP in the chamber, who was in this case Oktay Ekşi from the Republican People's Party (CHP) at age 79.November 2023 Conduct MPs are called to cast their vote by name. Only MPs who have taken the oath of office have the right to vote, limiting the eligible number of MPs to vote substantially since the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) had boycotted the state opening of Parliament where the oaths were taken. This was in protest against the decision to not release several MPs from these two parties who were imprisoned at the time, which both the CHP and BDP alleged was unconstitutional. http://trabzonsonhaber.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/25-donem-tbmm-baskanligina-cemil-cicek.html TRABZON s o n h a b e r: 25. DÖNEM TBMM BAŞKANLIĞINA CEMİL ÇİÇEK SEÇİLDİ 2011 2015-10-10 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210504/http://trabzonsonhaber.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/25-donem-tbmm-baskanligina-cemil-cicek.html live CHP controversy Although the CHP boycotted the state opening of Parliament on 28 June, their MPs were present at the election. The fact that they had not taken the oath of office barred them from voting or running for election. The interim speaker Oktay Ekşi gave permission for any MP who had not taken the oath to do so before the vote, though the CHP MPs refused to do so. The 35 Peace and Democracy Party MPs, who were protesting the arrest of their elected 36th MP Hatip Dicle, boycotted the vote entirely. http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/645293-iste-tbmmnin-25-baskani İşte TBMM'nin 25. Başkanı! 4 July 2011 10 October 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085535/http://www.haberturk.com/gundem/haber/645293-iste-tbmmnin-25-baskani live During the vote, Tunceli MP Kamer Genç approached the Speaker and his council to ask why he had not been called up to vote. Although the Ekşi stated that it was because he had not taken the oath, Genç argued that he had the right to vote by virtue of being elected by the people. The subsequent argument caused unrest within the chamber, with AKP MPs protesting Genç's intervention and subsequently causing a backlash from the CHP MPs. CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, along with other members of the CHP executive, managed to defuse the tensions.http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/18167914.asp TBMM'nin 25. Başkanı belli oldu 2015-10-10 2011-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707144814/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/18167914.asp live Candidates Cemil Çiçek, former AKP Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey and Ministry of Justice Tunca Toskay, former MHP Minister of Statehttp://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/mhpnin-baskan-adayi-tunca-toskay,Ibp5EVhdq0W1ybVmyggebg MHP'nin başkan adayı Tunca Toskay 2015-10-10 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111912/http://www.ntv.com.tr/turkiye/mhpnin-baskan-adayi-tunca-toskay,Ibp5EVhdq0W1ybVmyggebg live Zelkif Kazdal, AKP Member of Parliament for Ankara Results PartyCandidatePartyMPsJuly 4 Round 1367 votes to win Round 2367 votes to win Round 3276 votes to win AKP Cemil Çiçek 327302322 322 MHP Tunca Toskay 53505250 AKP Zelkif Kazdal 32723WithdrewInvalid 1 2 3Blank 0 00 Turnout 376 376 375Result Inconclusive Inconclusive Çiçek elected Source: Haber Türk See also Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly References 30em External links Website of the Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Category:2011 elections in Turkey Category:Speaker elections in Turkey