Information Note on the Court’s case-law No. 86
May 2006
Yumak and Sadak v. Turkey (dec.) - 10226/03
Decision 9.5.2006 [Section II]
Article 3 of Protocol No. 1
Free expression of opinion of people
Threshold of 10% of all votes cast at national level for entitlement to representation in national Parliament: admissible
The applicants stood as provincial candidates for the political party DEHAP (Democratic People’s Party) in the parliamentary elections. The party won 45.95% of the vote in that province. The applicants were not elected as members of parliament because the party had failed to reach the 10% threshold nationally. The relevant law on the election of members of parliament states that each province constitutes an electoral constituency and that, in order to win seats in the national parliament, a party must obtain at least 10% of the valid votes cast nationally.
Admissible under Article 3 of Protocol No. 1.
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