General Treshold and its Calculation:

(The first paragraph of 9th Article of Law 3377 is amended on 23 May 1987.) Political party which has not obtained at least 10% of the valid votes throughout Turkey or in all of the bye-election constituencies in case it is a bye-election, can not be represented in the Parliament. (Annexed on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 20 of Law 7102) In the case of election alliance is formed, the calculation of the ten percent threshold should be based on the sum of the valid votes that the alliance received, and no separate calculation for the threshold should be made for the political parties in the alliance. The election of an independent candidate who stands for elections on a political party candidate list, is possible in case that political party obtains at least 10% of the total votes as well.

Provincial Electoral Boards send the results by cable to the Supreme Board of Elections and also inform the Supreme Board of Elections by phone and radio, after drawing up the combination minutes as specified above.

(Ammended on 13/3/2018 in accordance with the article 20 of Law 7102) The Supreme Board of Elections calculates the total valid votes obtained from all provinces throughout Turkey, and by dividing total valid votes of the political parties and alliances to the total valid votes cast throughout Turkey, SBE calculates the percentage of the votes obtained by the political parties and alliances, before informing the Provincial Electoral Boards and announcing the names of the political parties and the alliances which have passed the ten percent threshold.

In case it is decided to cancel the election in a certain constituency or in some constituencies after this announcement, it is not necessary to determine a new percentage for the votes throughout Turkey.