on 7 june 2015, the chp maintained their position as the second largest party, losing to the akp by almost 16 percentage points. the party won 11.5 million votes (24.95%) and finished with 132 elected members of parliament, a decrease of 3 since the 2011 general election. the party also suffered a decrease of 1.03% compared to their 2011 result, which was attributed to chp voters voting tactically for the peoples' democratic party (hdp) to ensure that they surpassed the 10% election threshold. no opinion poll (apart from one dubious poll released in march 2014) showed the chp ahead of the akp between 2011 and 2015.