Türkiye
A-WEB World Election Database Survey 2024
Questionnaire
(1)Member
EMB Information
1. Country where your organization is located: Türkiye
2. Name of your organization: Supreme Election
Council of the Republic of Türkiye
3. Date of your organization’s establishment: Feburary
16, 1950
4. Type of organization: Constitutionally
independent organization
5. Composition of Commissioners (eg., Chairperson, two
Vice Chairpersons, one Secretary General, nine Commissioners): Chairperson,
Deputy Chairperson and nine members
6. Method of selecting the Chairperson:
□
Elected □ Appointed
7. Term of the Chairperson (Head) of your organization (please select one):
□ Until
retirement age
□ Permanent
with no limit
□ Fixed
term (years) : The term of office of the members
is six years and the member elected as the chair shall serve as the chairperson
from the date of his/her election until the end of his/her term of office.
- Reappointment
possible: □ Yes □ No
8. Total number of staff (based on full-time
employees at all levels of organization): 2,411
9. Primary roles and functions of the Organization (please select all that apply):
□ Election
management
□ Voter
registration
□ Delimitation
of electoral districts
□ Management
of political party affairs
□ Management
of political funds affairs
□ Enactment
and amendment of the Election Law
□ Voter
education
□ Mediation
of electoral disputes
□ Investigation
and enforcement against election law violations
(2)World
Election Database
Ⅰ.
National System
1. Form of Government:
□ Presidential
system
□ Parliamentary
system
□ Semi-presidential
system
□ Other
(please specify):
2. Term of the President (if applicable): ( 5 )
years,
2-1.Reappointment possible: □ Yes □ No
3. National Assembly:
□ Unicameral
□ Bicameral
4. If Unicameral:
4-1. Term of Members of Parliament: (
5 ) years
4-2. Limit on the number of
reappointments: □ Yes □ No
4-3. Number of seats in the
Parliament: ( 600 )
5. If Bicameral:
5-1. Term of Members of the Upper House: ( ) years
5-2. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No
5-3. Number of seats in the Upper House: ( )
5-4. Term of Members of the Lower House: ( ) years
5-5. Limit on the number of reappointments: □Yes □No
5-6. Number of seats in the Lower House: ( )
Ⅱ. General Electoral System
6. Presidential Election: □ Direct □ Indirect
6-1. Runoff voting system in the Presidential Election: □ Yes □ No
7. Parliamentary Election:
7-1. Upper House:
□ Direct □ Indirect
□ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed
(Majoritarian_______ %, Proportional _______%)
7-2. Unicameral or Lower House:
□ Direct □ Indirect
□ Majoritarian □Proportional □Mixed
(Majoritarian _______%, Proportional _______%)
Ⅲ. Recent Election Status
8. What was the most recent election held? (It can be the last election, no matter how long ago)
8-1. Type of election:
□ Presidential □ Parliamentary □ Local □Referendum
□Others
(please specify):
8-2. Date of the most recent election held (if the exact date is unavailable, please provide the year): 31
Mar 2024
*Please answer the following questions (9-13) based on
the most recent election you mentioned above:
9. Number of polling stations:
□ Domestic ___184,772____ □ Overseas
____0____
10. Opening/Closing time of polling stations: _8am to 5pm
11. Number of registered voters: __57,766,800
12. Voter turnout (%):
78%
13. Did your Organization run international election observation program?
□ Yes □No □Other:
________________________
Ⅳ.Electoral
System: Voting and Counting Procedures
14. Voting age: _______18________
15. Age of candidacy:
15-1. President: ___40____
15-2. Member of Parliament:
18
16. Is overseas voting allowed? □ Yes □ No
17. Please select all applicable methods for overseas voting:
□ Mail □ Visit to Embassy/Consulate □
Other (please specify):
18. Is voting compulsory? □ Yes □ No
19. Please check all special voting methods available:
□ Advance voting (early in-person voting)
□ Postal voting
□ Mobile booth voting
□ Proxy voting
□ Voting assistance for individuals with
neurodevelopmental or physical disabilities
or senior citizens
□ Other (please specify):
20. The primary status of the staff involved in voting and ballot
counting:
□ Civil Servants □ Civilians
21. Is biometric data (fingerprints, photo, signatures, etc.) used to
verify voters on election day?
□Yes □ No □ Other:
________________________
22. How is voting conducted? (please select all
that apply):
□ Manual (marking a paper ballot and placing it in
the ballot box)
□ Electronic- optical scanner
□ Electronic- touch screen voting
□ Electronic- internet voting
□ Other: ________________________
23. How is the vote counting conducted? (please select all
that apply):
□ Manual □ Electronic □ Other
24. Where is the vote counting conducted? (please select all that apply):
□ At each polling station □ At a
central counting center
25. When does vote counting begin? (please select all
that apply):
□ Immediately after voting ends □The
following day □ Other:
26. How long does it take from the election day to announce the results? Preliminary results within a few
hours, final results after the completion of the objection process
27. Is there a unified voter registry?
□ Centralized national registry □Multiple
regional registries
28. How often is the voter registry updated?
□Monthly □Annually □Only before elections □ Other
(please specify): It
is revised every year and updated every election period through continuous data
collection.
29. Does the voter need to personally register to vote?
□Yes □ No
Ⅴ. Political
Funds
30. Is there a system where the national or local government partially
covers the election campaign costs
for candidates?
□ Yes (including conditional coverage) □ No
31. Does the national or local government provide subsidies (separate
from campaign costs) for the
operation of political parties or elections?
□ Yes □ No
32. Is there a limit on election expenses?
□ Yes □ No
33. Are the details of candidates' election expenditures posted online?
□ Yes □ No
________ ↓ Previous Information ↓________
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· Parliamentary
- Seats: 600
- Term of office: 5 years
· Local government
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 184,772 (2024 local elections)
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 5 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 57,766,800 (2024 local elections)
· Voter turnout: 78% (2024 local elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: Two-round system, more than 50% of votes
- Parliamentary: D’Hondt method, party-list proportional representation from 87 electoral districts
- Local elections: First-past-the-post system, and the winning candidate in each municipality is elected by a simple majority
· Voting process
1. Register to vote
2. Voting (Verify Voters' state-issued forms of identification -> Receive a ballot paper and a seal -> Mark and seal the ballot paper into an envelope-> Cast the ballot)
3. Get back the voter’s identification document and sign to the voter’s name on the voter list.
· Counting process
1. BBCs review all ballots at polling stations and display them to the public.
2. The chairman of the BBC announces the results to the public and posts a roster of results outside the polling station for one week.
3. All contents of the ballot boxes will then be signed, sealed and delivered to DEBs to conduct the same process in the presence of election observers.
4. The chairman of each DEB will deliver the results to Provincial Election Boards (PEBs).
5. A copy of the results will be delivered to each of the political parties and to observers of independent candidates upon request, and a copy of the results will be posted on the front door of the DEB offices for one week.
6. This process will be followed by each PEB and send the results to the Supreme Election Council
for announcement and finalization.