AKP regains majority in Turkey polls

Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has regained its majority in parliament, which it lost during elections in June.

State-run Anadolu Agency said AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%.

However the party fell 14 seats short of the number required to call a referendum on changing the constitution and increasing the powers of the president.

The increase in the AKP's vote came after the breakdown of a ceasefire between the PKK and the government, with critics accusing Mr Erdogan of deliberately fuelling tensions in order to curb the support the Kurdish HDP gained in the last election.

The HDP gained over the 10% required for it to be given seats, however lost 21, leaving it with 59 MPs in parliament.

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