THE DISCIPLINE OF DEMOCRACY:

Preliminary vote counting in Turkey's parliamentary election Sunday suggested that voters have rejected the ruling party's bid to remake the constitution.

With about 80 percent of the vote counted, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, the AKP, was well ahead of other parties with just under 43 percent, according to state-run TRT television. But the projections had it hovering around just 270 seats -- the bare minimum to retain a simple majority in parliament.

In a blow to the ruling party's chances, the main Kurdish party was running at over 11 percent -- above the 10 percent minimum threshold for representation.

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