Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) looks likely to claim a majority in a critical parliamentary election, early results indicate.

With more than 85% of all votes counted, state-run Anadolu Agency said the party was on 50.3%, with the main opposition CHP on 24.4%.

The pro-Kurdish HDP and nationalist MHP appear likely to cross the 10% threshold needed to claim seats.

Attempts to form a coalition government after elections in June failed.

BBC correspondents said the results are likely to see AKP form a single-party government after its failure to reach a majority in June.

Turkish media said results had yet to be counted in some large cities, but current projections indicate the ruling party will gain substantially more than the 276 seats needed to gain a majority.

The AKP's opponents had said the vote was a chance to curb what it sees as the increasingly authoritarian tendencies of president, and party founder, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Since elections in June, a ceasefire between the Turkish army and militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) collapsed after a suicide bombing in July by suspected Islamic State (IS) militants.

The attack near the border with Syria killed more than 30 Kurds.

Turkey then suffered its deadliest attack in its modern history when more than 100 people were killed after a peace rally attended by mainly left-wing demonstrators, including many HDP supporters, was targeted by two suicide bombers.

The government said they were linked to IS.

The HDP scaled back its election campaign after the attack.

Critics have accused Mr Erdogan of renewing violence to curb support for the HDP - something the government denies.

(BBC)