Election Name: | 2018 HDP leadership election |
Type: | convention |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 3rd Peoples' Democratic Party Extraordinary Congress |
Previous Year: | 2017 |
Election Date: | 11 February 2018 |
1Blank: | Constituency |
2Blank: | Position |
3Blank: | Popular vote |
4Blank: | Percentage |
Image1: | Sezai Temelli.png |
Candidate1: | Sezai Temelli |
Colour1: | b000b8 |
1Data1: | İstanbul (II) |
2Data1: | Chairman |
3Data1: | 823 |
4Data1: | 100.0% |
Image2 Size: | 180x180px |
Candidate2: | Pervin Buldan |
Colour2: | b000b8 |
1Data2: | İstanbul (III) |
2Data2: | Chairwoman |
3Data2: | 823 |
4Data2: | 100.0% |
Leaders | |
Image1 Size: | 180x180px |
The 3rd Ordinary Convention of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) was held to elect the leaders and chief party officials of the HDP, a left-wing and pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey. The party employs gender quotas for internal elections, requiring the election of one male co-leader and one female co-leader. Ankara Member of Parliament Sırrı Süreyya Önder was elected as the convention's presiding officer.
Former Member of Parliament Sezai Temelli was nominated for the position of chairman, while serving MP Pervin Buldan, who currently serves as a Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly, was nominated for the position of chairwoman. Both were elected unopposed, taking over from Selahattin Demirtaş and Serpil Kemalbay respectively.[1]
The following candidates were nominated by the party's convention committee and were elected unopposed.