The effects of the election alliances in Turkey on election results

In democratic systems, the importance and place of election is an indisputable fact. With the elections, the people choose the people who will manage itself. Candidates entering the election race can enter to the elections as candidates for any political party or as independent candidates. Till the elections held until March 13, 2018, political parties were forbidden to make alliances in the election process, but with the amendment made on this date, the obstacle to the election alliance was removed and the way for political parties to make alliances before the elections was opened. So, the election alliances have been an important issue affecting the election results. The election alliance is defined as the fact that more than one party cooperates with permanent or temporary power, work or action before or during elections. There are many examples of the election alliances in the world, before and after the election. In Turkey, official election alliances were applied in the June 24, 2018 elections, the first time. In the elections after the amendment of the law, the effect of the alliances on the election results is comprehensively discussed in this study. By the study, it was determined that the election alliances had a significant effect on the distribution of votes of political parties on the basis of regions and provinces. HDP increased the number of votes compared to previous elections in the last elections it entered independently from alliances. It was observed that the election alliance had a lower impact on political parties such as the AK Party and the CHP which had a high voting rates, and had a positive effect on the political parties such as the IYI Party, the SP and the BBP that under the election threshold and the MHP with a low voting rate. This gives small parties the opportunity to sit at the bargaining table with parties that are close to their political lines and have no election threshold problems Election alliances also offer to all political parties the opportunity to be represented in parliament. Election alliances contribute to the history of Turkish politics and facilitate voting transitions among political parties. As a result, by bringing together the possibilities and powers, political parties have the chance to reach their political goals, which they could not reach alone, through election alliances. Election alliances enable political parties to be active in establishing governments, determining the number of seats in parliament, and other political processes. It can be said that there are different political parties and different fans who support these parties, when considering Turkey's cosmopolitan population structure. Therefore, the election alliances also allow to come together political views which different ethnicities and beliefs. While the rate of participation in the elections was 86.6% in 2015, it was 87.37% in 2018. The 0.77% increase in the participation rate is due to the small political parties' voters going to the polls. Because with the participation of these parties in the alliances, also the hope of party fans to be represented in the parliament will increase. Thus, electoral alliances have provided important contributions also to participation in the elections in Turkey. Key Words: Election Alliance, Political Parties, Statistical Analyses