33rd Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention explained

Election Name:Republican People's Party leadership election, 2010
Flag Image:Flag of the Republican People's Party (Turkey).svg
Type:convention
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:13th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention
Previous Year:2005
Election Date:22 May 2010
Next Election:18th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention
Next Year:2014
Turnout:99.68%
95.76%
1Blank:Constituency
4Blank:Popular vote
5Blank:Percentage
Image1:Kemal Kilicdaroglu cropped.png
Image1 Size:210x210px
Candidate1:Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
1Data1:Istanbul
Colour1:d50000
Party1:Republican People's Party
4Data1:1,189
5Data1:100%
Map Size:250px
Leader
Before Election:Deniz Baykal
Before Party:Republican People's Party
After Election:Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
After Party:Republican People's Party
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34th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention
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Header1:Convention leaders
Header3:Delegates
Label4:Delegates voting
Data4:1,197
Label5:Invalid/blank votes
Data5:8
Label6:Registered delegates
Data6:1,250
Data7:95.8%
Header8:Elected positions
Header10:Conventions of the Republican People's Party

The 33rd Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention was held on 22 and 23 May 2010 in order to elect a new leader following the resignation of Deniz Baykal after a sex-tape scandal.[1] The only candidate was former CHP parliamentary group leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who was both nominated and unanimously elected with a record share of the delegates' votes.[2]

Baykal initially had considered re-running for election due to strong support from the party's central executive committee, but the lack of support from the local party association chairpersons resulted in him withdrawing from the leadership race.[3] While Kılıçdaroğlu received the support of 77 out of the 81 provincial chairpersons, Baykal received the endorsement of the remaining four.[4] A total of 1,250 delegates were registered for election, with Kılıçdaroğlu receiving 1,189 (with 8 invalid votes).[5] [6] [7]

Party council

Directly elected

Members elected to the Party Council are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.[8]

Science, culture, and executive quota

Members elected to the Party Council through the science, culture and executive quota are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.

High disciplinary board

Leadership

A candidate for the leadership needed the signatures of 20% of the registered delegates to officially run for election.

Candidates

Results

CandidateVotesPercentage
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu1,189100.0
8
1,197100.0
1,25095.8

Notes and References

  1. News: CHP'de tarihi kurultay . Habertürk . May 22, 2010 . Turkish.
  2. News: Habib Güler . Baykal announces he will not run as debate heats up over new CHP . . May 21, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006194002/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-210780-103-baykal-announces-he-will-not-run-as-debate-heats-up-over-new-chp.html . 2014-10-06 .
  3. News: Kılıçdaroğlu announcement splits Turkish opposition party . . May 17, 2010.
  4. News: Kılıçdaroğlu receives broad support from party base . . May 18, 2010.
  5. News: CHP delegates convene to elect new leader . . May 22, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203043/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-210877-103-chp-delegates-convene-to-elect-new-leader.html . 2013-10-29 .
  6. News: İzgi Güngör . Kılıçdaroğlu wins CHP leadership, challenges Turkish PM 'Mr. Recep' . . May 22, 2010.
  7. News: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu new leader of opposition Party CHP . National Turk . May 22, 2010.
  8. Web site: CHP'de yeni dönem . Dünya . Gazetesi . May 23, 2010 . www.dunya.com.