Striking result in the SONAR survey: 'This is the first time I have encountered such a picture in 38 years...'

The results of SONAR Research's latest election survey have been announced. In the survey, AKP's vote rate was measured as 29.7 percent and Yeni Parti's 28.2 percent. While the difference between the two parties decreased to 1.5 points, the total rate of voters who said they were undecided, stated that they would not go to the polls or did not express an opinion reached 33.1 percent.

SONAR President Hakan Bayrakçı said that he encountered such a situation for the first time in his 38 years of research life.

The results of the company's political tendency research were shared in Sözcü TV Main News bulletin.

ONE THIRD OF THE VOTER IS SILENT

The most striking finding of the survey was that the total rate of undecided voters and voters who refrained from expressing an opinion reached 33.1%. In the table before the undecided votes were distributed, the voters' approach to the ballot box and the survey was measured as follows:

Undecided: 11.9%

I won't go to the ballot box: 10.5%

No Idea / No Answer: 6.9%

I Vote Invalid: 3.8%

Sonar's latest election survey results left even the company's owner astonished. SONAR Research Head Hakan Bayrakçı evaluated this table in the analysis section of the report with the following words:

"I have been doing political research for 38 years. I have never in my life seen such a high percentage of people in the field who do not want to answer questions, do not express their opinions, say 'I am undecided', 'I will not go to the ballot box' or 'I will protest'. This is the first time I encounter such a thing. With these data, it has become almost impossible to predict what the outcome will be at the ballot box when the election comes."

The publication stated that this high rate was due not only to political indecision, but also to citizens' "What will happen to me if I speak?" It was emphasized that it was due to concern.

In the table formed by distributing the 33.1% who did not express an opinion proportionally, it was seen that the difference between the AKP in the first place and the Yeni Party in the second place decreased to 1.5 points, and the İYİ Party exceeded the 10% threshold and ranked third.

On the other hand, CHP's stay at 3% and the loss of votes in MHP attracted attention.

After the undecided votes were dispersed, the vote rates of the parties were as follows:

Political Party

Vote Rate

AKP

29.7%

New Party

28.2%

İYİ Party

10.9%

DEM Party

9.0%

MHP

4.9%

Victory Party

3.1%

Key Party (Yavuz Ağıralioğlu)

3.1%

CHP

3.0%

Re-Welfare Party (YRP)

2.2%

Great Unity Party (BBP)

1.3%

Turkish Workers' Party (TİP)

1.3%

Other

3.3%

The raw vote rates before the undecided votes are distributed are as follows: