33rd Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention
The 33rd Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention was held on 22 and 23 May 2010 in order to elect a new leader following the resignation of Deniz Baykal after a sex-tape scandal.[1] The only candidate was former CHP parliamentary group leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who was both nominated and unanimously elected with a record share of the delegates' votes.[2]
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Turnout | 99.68% (nominations) 95.76% (election) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The endorsements made by the party chairpersons of the 81 provinces of Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
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34th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention | ||
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22-23 May 2010 | ||
32nd (2008) ← → 34th (2012) | ||
Convention leaders | ||
Mehmet Cevdet Selvi | Party leader (acting) Genel Başkanvekili | |
Speaker Divan Başkanı | ||
Delegates | ||
Delegates voting | 1,197 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 8 | |
Registered delegates | 1,250 | |
Turnout | 95.8% | |
Elected positions | ||
Office | Elected | |
Party leader | 1 | |
Party Council | 80 | |
High Disciplinary Board | 15 | |
Conventions of the Republican People's Party |
Baykal initially had considered re-running for election due to strong support from the party's central executive committee, but the lack of support from the local party association chairpersons resulted in him withdrawing from the leadership race.[3] While Kılıçdaroğlu received the support of 77 out of the 81 provincial chairpersons, Baykal received the endorsement of the remaining four.[4] A total of 1,250 delegates were registered for election, with Kılıçdaroğlu receiving 1,189 (with 8 invalid votes).[5][6][7]
Party Council
Directly elected (68 members)
Members elected to the Party Council are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.[8]
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Science, Culture and Executive Quota (12 members)
Members elected to the Party Council through the Science, Culture and Executive Quota are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.
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High Disciplinary Board (15 members)
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Leadership
A candidate for the leadership needed the signatures of 20% of the registered delegates to officially run for election.
Candidates
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, parliamentary group leader and CHP Member of Parliament since 2002. Received 1,246 nominations.
- Deniz Baykal, three-time leader of the CHP and former government minister. Stood down as a candidate before the election.
- Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, parliamentary group leader and CHP Member of Parliament since 2002.
- Deniz Baykal, three-time leader of the CHP and former government minister.
Results
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |
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Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | 1,189 | 100.0 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 8 | – | |
Total | 1,197 | 100.0 | |
Number of delegates/turnout | 1,250 | 95.8 |
References
- "CHP'de tarihi kurultay". Habertürk (in Turkish). May 22, 2010.
- Habib Güler (May 21, 2010). "Baykal announces he will not run as debate heats up over new CHP". Today's Zaman. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06.
- "Kılıçdaroğlu announcement splits Turkish opposition party". Hürriyet Daily News. May 17, 2010.
- "Kılıçdaroğlu receives broad support from party base". Hürriyet Daily News. May 18, 2010.
- "CHP delegates convene to elect new leader". Today's Zaman. May 22, 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29.
- İzgi Güngör (May 22, 2010). "Kılıçdaroğlu wins CHP leadership, challenges Turkish PM 'Mr. Recep'". Hürriyet Daily News.
- "Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu new leader of opposition Party CHP". National Turk. May 22, 2010.
- http://www.dunya.com/guncel/chpde-yeni-donem-88528h.htm