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1st LD: Turkey's ruling AKP set to win parliamentary elections: TV

Xinhua, November 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to win the parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to initial vote count, Turkish NTV news channel reported.

After 76 percent of the votes counted, the AKP won 51.38 percent of votes, while the main opposition Republican People's Party gained 23.28 percent, and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party 11.64 percent. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party won 10.10 percent.

It would be the AKP's fifth consecutive win in general elections since it came into power in 2002. Endit