36 political parties qualified for general elections in Türkiye
Türkiye’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) announced that 36 political parties could run in May in Türkiye’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections, which are scheduled to take place on 14 May 2023.
The list of political parties that are eligible to take part in the elections was published in Official Gazette.
The list is as follows:
1- Justice and Unity Party
2- Justice Party
3- Justice and Development Party
4- Motherland Party
5- Independent Türkiye Party
6- Great Union Party
7- Great Türkiye Party
8- Republican People's Party
9- Democracy and Breakthrough Party
10- Democratic Left Party
11- Democratic Party
12- Labor Party
13- Future Party
14- Young Party
15- Union of Socialist Forces
16- Party of Rights and Freedoms
17- People's Liberation Party
18- Peoples' Democratic Party
19- Free Cause Party
20- Good Party
21- Homeland Party
22- Nation Party
23- Nationalist Movement Party
24- National Road Party
25- Felicity Party
26- Left Party
27- The Party for Change in Türkiye
28- Workers' Party of Turkey29- Turkish Communist Movement
30- Communist Party of Turkey
31- Patriotic Party
32- Welfare Again Party
33- Innovation Party
34- New Türkiye Party
35- The Greens and the Left Party of the Future
36- Victory Party
Türkiye’s general elections are scheduled to take place on 14 May 2023.
President Erdoğan had previously signalled that the election will be held early on 14 May 2023, a reference to the 1950 election that ended Türkiye's one-party regime.
Presidential elections are held to elect the President of Turkey using a two-round system.
Simultaneously, parliamentary elections are held to elect 600 Members of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye. (ILKHA)