The 33rd Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention was held on 22 and 23 May 2010 in order to elect a new leader following the resignation of

Deniz Baykal Deniz Baykal (born 20 July 1938) is a Turkish politician at the Republican People's Party (Turkish: Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, abbreviated CHP) who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1995 to 1996. Having served in ...

after a sex-tape scandal. The only candidate was former CHP parliamentary group leader

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (born Kemal Karabulut, 17 December 1948) is a Turkish economist, retired civil servant and social democratic politician. He is leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and has been Leader of the Main Opposition in T ...

, who was both nominated and unanimously elected with a record share of the delegates' votes. Baykal initially had considered re-running for election due to strong support from the party's central executive committee, but the lack of support from the local party association chairpersons resulted in him withdrawing from the leadership race. While Kılıçdaroğlu received the support of 77 out of the 81 provincial chairpersons, Baykal received the endorsement of the remaining four. A total of 1,250 delegates were registered for election, with Kılıçdaroğlu receiving 1,189 (with 8 invalid votes).

Party council

Directly elected

Members elected to the Party Council are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.

Science, culture, and executive quota

Members elected to the Party Council through the science, culture and executive quota are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.

High disciplinary board

Leadership

A candidate for the leadership needed the signatures of 20% of the registered delegates to officially run for election.

Candidates

parliamentary group leader A parliamentary leader is a political title or a descriptive term used in various countries to designate the person leading a parliamentary group or caucus in a legislative body, whether it be a national or sub-national legislature. They are their ...

and CHP Member of Parliament since 2002. Received 1,246 nominations. *

, three-time leader of the CHP and former government minister. Stood down as a candidate before the election. File:Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, VOA.jpg,

and CHP Member of Parliament since 2002. File:Deniz Baykal headshot.jpg,

, three-time leader of the CHP and former government minister.

Results

References

{{Conventions of the Republican People's Party 2010 in Turkey Ordinary Conventions of the Republican People's Party (Turkey) 2010 conferences