Baku, Azerbaijan, June 30
Trend:
The first and the second round of voting for candidates for the post of the parliament speaker have ended in Turkey June 30, the Turkish newspaper Milliyet said.
The candidate from the ruling Justice and Development Party of Turkey, defense minister Ismet Yilmaz gained 256 votes in the second round, the candidate from the Republican People's Party Deniz Baykal gained 128 votes.
The candidate from the Nationalist Movement Party, former head of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu gained 80 votes, while the candidate from the Peoples' Democratic Party Dengir Mir Mehmet Fırat gained 80 votes as well.
None of the four candidates for the post of the Turkish parliament speaker gathered the necessary votes of the MPs on the results of the second round of the voting.
The third and the fourth round of voting will take place tomorrow, on July 1.
Turkey held parliamentary election June 7, which involved 20 political parties. Over 53 million people cast ballots in this election.
The coalition government should be formed in Turkey, within 45 days after announcing the results of the parliamentary election.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has submitted a resignation letter June 9.
The Turkish president accepted the resignation of the prime minister, but Davutoglu will officiate until the formation of the new government.
As a result of the parliamentary election, the ruling Justice and Development Party garnered 40.9 percent of the votes, the Republican People's Party (CHP) - 25 percent, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) - 16.3 percent, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) - 13.1 percent.
The other political parties gathered a total of 4.7 percent of the votes.