Turkey ruling party AKP loses parliamentary majority

Ankara: Turkey`s Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the most votes in Sunday`s election but has lost its parliamentary majority and will need to form a coalition, according to official results based on 98 percent of votes counted.

The AKP secured 41 percent of the vote, followed by the Republican People`s Party (CHP) on 25 percent, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on 16.5 and the pro-Kurdish People`s Democratic Party (HDP) fourth on 12.5 percent.

According to the official seat projection, the AKP will have 259 seats in the 550-seat parliament, the CHP 131, the MHP 82 and the HDP 78.