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Turking Constitutional referendum Dates 2017

National Constitutional referendum Date: 16 April 2017

Turkish constitutional referendum will be held on Sunday, 16 April 2017. Voters will vote on a set of 18 proposed amendments to the Constitution of Turkey. The amendments have been suggested by the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and its leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as well as being agreed to by the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

The amendments include the introduction of an executive presidency that would replace the existing parliamentary system of government, the abolition of theOffice of the Prime Minister, the raising of the number of seats in Parliament from 550 to 600 and changes in the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK).

Turkey Constitutional referendum Voting Live 2017

1. Voting will take place on 16th April primarily to abolish Office of PM and set up a Presidential System.
2. Opinion Polls are predicting a "yes" victory with 51-52% votes as compared to No. Survey by ANAR puts "Yes" vote at 52 %. Sample size is 4000 people conducted in 26 Provinces.
3. Undecided voters are at 8%.
4. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would stay in office until 2029 if it turns out to be a yes. Erdogan said to his Supporters that a "yes" vote would streamline and modernise the country; opponents fear the move would lead to increasingly authoritarian rule.
5. Mr Erdogan assumed the presidency in 2014 after more than a decade as prime minister.
6. The draft states that the next presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 3 November 2019.
7. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), told a rally in Ankara that a "yes" vote would endanger the whole country.
8. Campaigning on the referendum completed at 18:00 local time (15:00 GMT) on Saturday
9. Voting due to get under way in the country's east at 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT) on Sunday and an hour later elsewhere.
10. Some 55 million people are eligible to vote across 167,000 polling stations.
11. Results are expected late on Sunday evening.

Turkey Constitutional referendum Results Live 2017

Turkey Constitutional referendum Opinion Poll 2017

1. Opinion Polls are predicting a "yes" victory with 51-52% votes as compared to No. Survey by ANAR puts "Yes" vote at 52 %. Sample size is 4000 people conducted in 26 Provinces.
2. Undecided voters are at 8%.

Electoral system of Turkey

The Electoral system of Turkey varies for general, presidential and local elections that take place in Turkey every four years, five years and five years respectively. Turkey has been a multi-party democracy since 1950 (officially since 1945), with the first democratic election held on 14 May 1950 leading to the end of the single-party rule established in 1923. The current electoral system for electing Members of Parliament to the Grand National Assembly has a 10% election threshold, the highest of any country.

Candidates for Constitutional referendum 2017

Turkey Parties and leaders

Justice and Development Party, Republican People's Party, Peoples' Democratic Party, Nationalist Movement Party,
Felicity Party, Great Union Party, Patriotic Party, Rights and Freedoms Party.

Turkey Constitutional referendum Results