Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a third consecutive term in office in parliamentary elections Sunday.

The BBC reported Sunday evening that with 98% of ballots counted, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had 50% of the vote, which give it 326 seats in parliament.

The result is 41 seats short of the two-thirds majority which Erdogan needed in order to make unilateral changes in the country's constitution and call a referendum to approve them.

The secular Republican People's Party (CHP) had 26% of vote and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a right wing party, had 13%.

Erdogan's AKP took power in 2002. In 2007 it received 46.5% of the vote. 
Turkey’s economy has grown impressively under Erdogan and unemployment fell to 11.5% in March from 14.4% a year earlier. 
Turks also appear pleased with Erdogan’s bellicose policy toward Israel, which included a sparring match with President Shimon Peres, anti-Semitic television shows and support for the Gaza flotilla
The unofficial Israeli boycotts of Turkey as a tourist venue do not seem to have had the effect Israelis had hoped they would, but Israelis have to all effects stopped visiting the once popular vacations spot.