Turkey's Erdogan, his alliance win presidential, parliamentary elections

In the parliamentary contest, the ruling AKP of Erdogan had 42.4 percent and its ally Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) won nearly 11.2 percent, after 98 percent of votes were counted.

The CHP had 22.7 percent and the HDP held 11.5 percent, exceeding the 10 percent threshold to enter parliament.

The turnout was high at around 87 percent for both contests, with more than 59 million votes running to the polls.

Turkey held Sunday's elections under a state of emergency declared after a failed military coup in July 2016.

CHP party spokesman Bulent Tezcan, however, challenged the election results provided by the Anadolu Agency, saying the party would continue working through the night to monitor the counting of the votes.

The CHP's presidential candidate Ince also accused election reports from the Anadolu Agency of "manipulation." The CHP said it had recorded violations in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa.

Although having the highest number of lawmakers at the parliament, the AKP may lose the majority at the 600-seat parliament since the party has received only 293 seats, according to initial results.

Only alliance with the MHP, which had 11.2 percent of votes, will enable the AKP to keep the majority of the parliament.

The AKP has already made an election alliance with the nationalist party under the People's Alliance.

The opposition Nation Alliance, which consists of secular CHP, nationalist Good Party and Islamic-leaning Felicity Party, hovered around 33 percent at the parliament.

The presidential and parliamentary elections will complete Turkey's transition from a parliamentary system to a new executive presidential one, a move approved in a referendum last year.