Electoral history of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Leader Party Votes Percentage CC members
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Justice and Development Party 15,353,553 38.39 1889
Deniz Baykal Republican People 's Party 9,229,936 23.08 612
Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party 6,386,279 15.97 414
Ahmet Türk Democratic Society Party 2,277,777 5.70 235
Numan Kurtulmuş Felicity Party 2,079,701 5.20 29
Süleyman Soylu Democratic Party 1,536,847 3.84 45
Zeki Sezer Democratic Left Party 1,139,878 2.85 26
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Great Union Party 943,765 2.36 18
Salih Uzun Motherland Party 304,361 0.76 4
- Independent 172,279 0.43 7
Haydar Baş Independent Turkey Party 167,986 0.42 1
Doğu Perinçek Workers ' Party 114,243 0.29 0
Erkan Baş Communist Party of Turkey 85,507 0.21 0
Hayri Kozanoğlu Özgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi 67,984 0.17 0
Levent Tüzel Labour Party 48,939 0.12 1
Aykut Edibali Nation Party 41,818 0.10 0
Bayram Bozyel Rights and Freedoms Party 29,392 0.07 0
Yaşar Nuri Öztürk People 's Ascent Party 6,197 0.02 0
Cem Toker Liberal Democratic Party 2,285 0.01 0
Mustafa Ayzit Peace and Democracy Party 36 0.00 0
Local elections , 2009
Main article : 2009 Turkish local elections
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a Mayor of Istanbul and is the 1st leader of the Justice and Development Party and the 25th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. He has been involved in many elections on local, leadership and nationwide stage since his first election to the Grand National Assembly in 1986.