Undecided and non-voting bloc stands out in ANK-AR poll shared by Fatih Altaylı

In a poll conducted by ANK-AR in 28 provinces, the AKP ranked first in raw votes; undecided voters, protest votes, and those who would not go to the polls reached 25.3 percent.

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Undecided and non-voting bloc stands out in ANK-AR poll shared by Fatih Altaylı

Journalist Fatih Altaylı shared the results of the latest election poll by Ankara Research and Consultancy (ANK-AR). In the study, which was conducted between September 30 and October 8 with the participation of 2,003 people in 28 provinces, voters were asked, "If there were a general election tomorrow, which party would you vote for?"

According to the raw vote percentages of the poll, the AKP ranked first with 21.9 percent. While the New Party (Yeni Parti) was in second place with 19.7 percent, the IYI Party was measured at 8.5 percent, the DEM Party at 6.7 percent, and the MHP at 5.4 percent.

An image of a ballot box with a ballot paper and a preference stamp. — The ANK-AR study was conducted with the participation of 2,003 people in 28 provinces.

KEY RESULTS FROM THE POLL

Raw vote percentages announced in the ANK-AR poll.
Party / option	Raw vote percentage
AKP	21.9 percent
New Party	19.7 percent
IYI Party	8.5 percent
DEM Party	6.7 percent
MHP	5.4 percent
Victory Party (Zafer Partisi)	2.6 percent
New Welfare Party (Yeniden Refah Partisi)	2.5 percent
Key Party (Anahtar Parti)	2.5 percent
CHP	2.1 percent
Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP)	1.7 percent
Other	1.1 percent

In the study, the rate of those who said they would not vote was 10.9 percent, the rate of undecided voters was 9.2 percent, the rate of protest votes was 1.7 percent, and the rate of those who stated they had no opinion was 3.5 percent. The total of these categories reached 25.3 percent, becoming one of the most striking headlines of the poll.

An image of a poll worker leaving election envelopes on a counting table. — The total of undecided, protest, and non-voting voters was reported as 25.3 percent.

When undecided voters and other undistributed voter groups were proportionally distributed, the valid vote percentages were calculated as 29.3 percent for the AKP, 26.4 percent for the New Party, 11.3 percent for the IYI Party, 9 percent for the DEM Party, and 7.2 percent for the MHP.

In the same distribution, the Victory Party and the New Welfare Party were at 3.4 percent, the Key Party at 3.3 percent, the CHP at 2.8 percent, the Workers' Party of Turkey at 2.3 percent, and other parties at 1.5 percent. The results indicated that voters who are undecided or inclined not to go to the polls could be decisive in the election balance.

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