The 33rd Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention was held on 22 and 23 May 2010 in order to elect a new leader following the resignation of Deniz Baykal after a sex-tape scandal. The only candidate was former CHP parliamentary group leader Kemal KñlñçdaroÃÂlu, who was both nominated and unanimously elected with a record share of the delegates' votes.
Baykal initially had considered re-running for election due to strong support from the party's central executive committee, but the lack of support from the local party association chairpersons resulted in him withdrawing from the leadership race. While KñlñçdaroÃÂlu received the support of 77 out of the 81 provincial chairpersons, Baykal received the endorsement of the remaining four. A total of 1,250 delegates were registered for election, with KñlñçdaroÃÂlu receiving 1,189 (with 8 invalid votes).
Party council
Directly elected
Members elected to the Party Council are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.
- Oya Araslñ (1091)
- Necla Arat (1100)
- Metin ArifaÃÂaoÃÂlu (1108)
- Yücel ArtantaÃ
 (1092)
- Deniz Pñnar Atñlgan (1102)
- Sencer Ayata (1113)
- IÃ
Âñk Bildacñ Ayata (1112)
- Enver Aysever (1112)
- Aydan Baran (1111)
- Süheyl Batum (1108)
- Gülsün Bilgehan (1110)
- Tekin Bingöl (1096)
- Mevlüt CoÃ
Âkuner (1112)
- Behçet ÃÂaÃÂlar (1112)
- Asuman ÃÂakmakçñ (1110)
- Hikmet ÃÂelik (1098)
- Soner ÃÂetin (1110)
- ðzzet ÃÂetin (1097)
- Mesut DeÃÂer (1030)
- Mahmut Duyan (1105)
- Didem Engin (1109)
- Nevin Gaye Erbatur (1097)
- Ali Rñza Ertemur (1112)
- Abdurrezzak Erten (1094)
- Mehmet Faraç (1113)
- Neriman Genç (1111)
- ðsa Gök (1094)
- Gökhan Günaydñn (1100)
- Mehmet Zeki Gündüz (1113)
- HurÃ
Âit GüneÃ
 (1109)
- Hülya Güven (1109)
- Mehmet Kaban (1111)
- Sait Korkmaz Karaca (1107)
- EÃ
Âref Karaibrahim (1111)
- Hüseyin Karakoç (1111)
- Haluk Koç (1107)
- Nihat Matkap (1104)
- Ã
Âahin Mengü (1110)
- Rñfat NalbantoÃÂlu (1091)
- Hakkñ Suha Okay (1103)
- Kerem Ekrem Oktay (1095)
- Melda Onur (1108)
- Umut Oran (1105)
- OÃÂuz Oyan (1082)
- Ensar ÃÂÃÂüt (1091)
- Malik Ecder ÃÂzdemir (1114)
- Abdullah ÃÂzer (1114)
- ðhsan ÃÂzkes (1063)
- Mehmet Ali ÃÂzpolat (1108)
- Faik ÃÂztrak (1080)
- Atilla Sav (1080)
- ÃÂnder Sav (978)
- ÃÂetin Soysal (1084)
- Murat Fehmi Sönmez (1111)
- Mehmet Süne (1105)
- Veli Gündüz Ã
Âahin (1102)
- Halide Jale Tamzok (1109)
- Semra Tanülkü (1113)
- Fatma Füsun Tatlñdil (1113)
- Gürsel Tekin (814)
- Cahide Tunç (1106)
- Ayhan Yalçñnkaya (1107)
- Hüseyin YaÃ
Âar (1107)
- Azmi Yñldñz (1109)
- ðrfan Hüseyin Yñldñz (1102)
- Nuran Yñldñz (1109)
- Sacid Yñldñz (1101)
- Alaattin Yüksel (1096)
Science, culture, and executive quota
Members elected to the Party Council through the science, culture and executive quota are as follows, with the number of votes they received shown in brackets.
- Engin Altay (835)
- Ufuk Ataç (797)
- Berhan Ã
ÂimÃ
Âek (751)
- Turgut Dibek (744)
- Osman CoÃ
ÂkunoÃÂlu (743)
- Rñza Yalçñnkaya (736)
- Seyhan ErdoÃÂdu (727)
- Ali Koçal (717)
- DerviÃ
 Günday (711)
- Sema Kendirci (702)
- Faruk Demir (680)
- Birgen KeleÃ
 (514)
High disciplinary board
- Polat Akbulut
- Mehmet BoztaÃ
Â
- Kemal CengizoÃÂlu
- Avni ÃÂelebi
- Göksel DemirtaÃ
Â
- Gökhan Durgun
- Orhan Eraslan
- Selçuk EratkuÃ
Â
- Füsun Gökçe
- Selahattin ÃÂcal
- Murat Haluk ÃÂncel
- Seyit ÃÂzanarat
- Türkan ÃÂztekin
- Saliha ÃÂlkü
- ðbrahim Yñlmaz
Leadership
A candidate for the leadership needed the signatures of 20% of the registered delegates to officially run for election.
Candidates
Results
References