Two ethnic Armenian lawmakers have regained seats at the Turkish parliament according to the preliminary results of the presidential and parliamentary elections held in the country on Sunday, 24 June.
Garo Paylan nominated from Diyarbakir by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Markar Esayan nominated from Istanbul by Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been re-elected to the 600-seat Turkish parliament, Ermenihaber reported.
The initial outcomes of the elections show the ruling AKP has won some 42.49 percent of the votes or 293 seats, while the main opposition CHP has received 22.67 percent or 146 seats.
The pro-Kurdish HDP has gained 11.62 percent of the votes to win 67 seats in the parliament. The MHP, an ally of AKP, and opposition İP have exceeded the 10% threshold to gain 50 and 44 seats respectively.
