2 of the vote said the Turkish television

Almost final results of the parliamentary elections in Turkey give a short absolute majority of votes for the conservative party AKP Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan which does however not the number of seats required to convene a constitutional referendum.

After 94 of the ballots counted, the conservative party is credited with 50.2 of the vote, but this should not be sufficient to provide 330 required elected representatives on the 550 in Parliament.

According to projections, the AKP should gather 327 seats or three less than the number required for the convening of a consultation referendum.

In the 2007 election, the AKP, created from prohibited at the end of the 1990s, liberal Islamist training plan economic and conservative on social issues, had collected 46.5 of the votes and 331 elected.

The Conservatives will therefore need alliances with other political parties to implement their project of reform of the basic law drafted there almost 30 years in the military period.

Erdogan himself acknowledged the message sent by the Turkish voters by announcing that he would work to reach a consensus with its opponents to give the country a new Constitution.

"The people gave us the message of a new Constitution through consensus and negotiation," he said in an address to the address of his followers from the balcony of the headquarters of his party in Ankara.

SATISFACTION OF OBSERVERS

The AKP ensures a third legislature, but the absence of qualified majority was welcomed by observers who see a chance for democracy and the economy of the Turkey.

"It seems that this election results point to the best possible scenario for the markets: a solid majority of the AKP but not 330-seat majority required to amend the Constitution and submit it to a referendum", said Wolfango Piccoli, a London-based analyst.

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The main opposition party, the Republican Party of the people (CHP, center left) gets 25.8 of the vote and the third political force in the country, the Party of the nationalist movement (MHP) is credited with 13.2 of the vote, said the Turkish television.

After voting in a primary school turned into a polling station on the Asian side of Istanbul, Erdogan said that the vote was to give a voice to the people.

"I hope that these elections will contribute to strengthening peace, rights and freedoms", he said before television cameras in the presence of his wife and daughter, who wore a headscarf on the head.

If it is renewed, which person no doubt Prime Minister plans to change basic law developed in 1982 after the military coup of 1980.

Erdogan ensures that the new Constitution will be pluralistic and democratic principles, but critics denounce his autocratic tendencies and to lend the ambition to move later to the position of head of State in a presidential system reinforced.

Opponents also criticize the widespread use of the updates on listening, the detention of journalists critical of corruption and a growing gap between rich and poor.

Fifteen Parties contribute to these elections for 7.695 candidates, including independents.

To obtain a representation in Parliament, a party must obtain at least 10 of the vote nationally. This threshold, one of the highest in the world, prevents many small formations to have members of Parliament.

Some, such as the pro-Kurdish party peace and democracy (DBM), bypass the difficulty with independent candidates, who can then represent them in Parliament if elected.

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