According to the results of a poll ran by Metropol company that is based in Ankara the Development and Justice Party (AKP) of PM Erdogan will lose a considerable number of votes in the June 12 elections.
The AKP’s seats in parliament are expected to lower to 300 to 310 seats. The Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) that runs in the elections independently is expected to win over 30 seats.
Ozer Sinjar, head of Metropol Company shared the final results of their poll with Rudaw. He said that their results show that the AKP may win only around 42 percent of the votes.
Regarding BDP, Sinjar said, “in Southeastern Turkey BDP’s votes are going up everyday and in that area alone the candidates are expected to win %25 of the votes.”
The poll indicates that BDP may win 3 seats in Istanbul and in each one of the cities of Mersin, Adana and Gaziantep.
The Republican People’s Party (CHP) recently expressed great willingness to work towards addressing the Kurdish issue in the next Grand National Assembly and that changed the view of many in the Kurdish regions of Turkey.
The head of Metropol said, “since Kemal Kilicdaroglu started heading it, the party [CHP]’s support in southeastern Turkey has increased by %1. If Kilicdaroglu had started the democratization of his party earlier he would have had a bigger chance in Southeastern Turkey.”
via Rudaw in English….The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World – Poll Shows BDP’s Seats Will Increase in Turkey’s June Elections.