Turkey's new parliament to convene on June 23 as final election results announced

Turkey's top election body has eventually announced the final results of the June 7 general election, prompting all eyes to turn to the first sitting of the new parliament on the fifth day after the announcement of the results, on June 23.

According to results announced on June 18 by the Supreme Election Board (YSK), voter turnout was 83.92. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) received 40.66 percent of the total, the Republican People's Party (CHP) won 25.13 percent, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) won 16.45 percent and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) won 12.96 percent.

Accordingly, the AKP will have 258 seats in the 550-seat parliament, the CHP will have 132, while the MHP and the HDP will have 80 seats apiece.

The AKP therefore failed to secure the majority in the 550-seat parliament required to rule alone.

First job: electing parliament speaker after taking oath 

Following the announcement of the official results, the newly elected members of the 25th term of Parliament of the Republic of Turkey will gather at 3.00 p.m. on June 23. The oath-taking ceremony at first sitting will be chaired by the oldest deputy, assisted by the six youngest deputies as secretaries.

The oldest deputy in the new parliament will be Deniz Baykal, the former head of the CHP, who will serve until parliament elects a speaker. 

Candidates to hold the speaker's seat from among the deputies must submit their bids within five days after the first sitting. The speaker will then elected by secret ballot by parliamentarians.

In the first two ballots, two-thirds of the total number of deputies, and in the third ballot, an absolute majority of the total number of deputies, are required. If an absolute majority...