Turkey re-elects Erdogan with landslide victory

TURKEY’S ruling Islamist-rooted party clinched a record landslide in yesterday’s parliamentary polls, but appeared short of the two-thirds majority it needs to rewrite the constitution, unofficial results showed.

With more than 95% of the vote counted, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) was leading with 50.3% of the vote for a third straight win, according to results on CNN Turk television.

It was the party’s highest electoral score since it came to power in 2002.