ANKARA, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the presidential election rounds will continue as of Thursday.

    Erdogan made the remarks at a news conference at his Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters following a meeting with members of the AKP Central Executive Board after the Constitutional Court annulled the results of the first round of presidential voting on Friday because the requirement of a quorum of 367 was not reached.

    Erdogan told the reporters that the presidential election rounds will continue as of Thursday and "we will see the consequence of the first round, and make an assessment."

    If the parliament fails to elect the new president, we will take the issue before the public, he said, adding that the failure will pave the way for the election of the president by popular vote.

    He further explained that "parliamentary democratic system has been blocked. We will apply to the people to remove that blockade and to put an end to domination of the minority over the majority."

    Erdogan stressed that "the president should be elected by people with a two-round election. We are ready to take every step to this end."

    "We know that they will put some obstacles in front of us. But, we are determined to fulfill all requirements of the laws and the Constitution," he said.

    Meanwhile, parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc on Tuesday called on the Parliamentary Consultative Board (PCB) to hold a meeting for the repeat of the first round of the presidential elections at local time 11.00 a.m. (GMT 0800) Wednesday.

    In the first round of the presidential voting On Friday, the only candidate, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who was nominated by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), received 357 votes, 10 votes short of the 367 majority required in the 550-seat parliament.

    A total of 361 MPs cast their votes in the first round of elections at the chamber. Three votes were invalid and one vote was vacant.

    Afterwards, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), which decided to boycott the voting, applied Friday to the Constitutional Court to cancel the election since the parliament convened with less than 367 lawmakers to elect the president.

    Constitutional Court's deputy chief judge Hasim Kilic announced Tuesday that the court had cancelled the first round of vote for the president because the requirement of a quorum of 367 was not reached, adding it meant that the second round could not be held and the first round had to be repeated.