38th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention

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Candidate	Özgür Özel	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Constituency	Manisa	Not a member of parliament
First round	682 (49.93%)	664 (48.61%)
Runoff	812 (59.44%)	536 (39.24%)

Leader before election

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
CHP

Elected Leader

Özgür Özel
CHP

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The 38th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention (Turkish: 38. CHP Olağan Kurultayı), also called the Democracy and Unity Convention (Turkish: Demokrasi ve Birlik Kurultayı) was held on 4–5 November 2023 in Ankara Arena. During the convention, the leader and congress of the Republican People's Party (CHP), the centre-left main opposition party in Turkey, was elected.

Özgür Özel was elected as the party leader, bringing an end to the 13-year tenure of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who first won the position in 2010.^[1]^[2]

Candidates

Confirmed candidates

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu - incumbent leader of the CHP^[1]
Özgür Özel - CHP parliamentary group leader^[1]

Results

Candidate		1st Round	%	2nd Round	%
	Özgür Özel	682	49.9	812	59.4
	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	664	48.6	536	39.2
Invalid/blank votes		20	1.5	18	1.3
Total		1,366	100.0	1,366	100.0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Ozgur Ozel becomes new leader of Türkiye's main opposition CHP party". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
^ "Main opposition ousts longtime leader, elects Özgür Özel". Hürriyet Daily News. 5 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.