Local Election Results: Preliminary Results at 11 pm
More than half the votes were counted by 11 pm. At the province municipal council level, the AKP now stand at 39, the CHP at 21, the MHP at 17, the DTP and the SP at 6 percent.
At 11 pm, 55.45 percent of the votes in all of Turkey have been counted. The local election results so far have shown that four parties are sharing most of the votes: the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the Republican People's Party (CHP), the National Movement Party (MHP), and the Democratic Society Party (DTP). Fifth is the Felicity Party (SP).
At the level of the province capital municipal councils, the parties have so far received the following percentages:
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AKP: 39.27 % |
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CHP: 20.9 % |
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MHP: 16.68 % |
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DTP: 5.76 % |
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SP: 5.5 % |
In Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, 51.78 percent of the votes were counted by 11 pm. Istanbul’s mayoral candidates have received the following votes so far:
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AKP (Kadir Topbaş): 42.95 % |
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CHP (Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu): 39.75 % |
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MHP (Ahmet Turgut): 4.94 % |
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SP (Mehmet Bekaroğlu): 4.4 % |
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DTP (Akın Birdal): 3.73 % |
Municipal council votes in Istanbul so far are:
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AKP: 39.84 % |
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CHP: 36.03 % |
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MHP: 7.14 % |
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SP: 6.67 % |
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DTP: 3.67 % |
In Turkey’s capital Ankara, 58.67 percent of the votes have been counted. Ankara’s mayoral candidates have received the following votes so far:
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AKP (Melih Gökçek): 37.11% |
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CHP (Murat Karayalçın): 32.12% |
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MHP (Mansur Yavaş): 27.93% |
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SP (Veysel Candan): 1.12% |
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DTP (Hayriye Kamile Öncel): 0.34% |
Municipal council votes in Istanbul so far are:
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AKP: 37.61% |
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CHP: 28.73% |
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MHP: 25.01% |
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BBP: 2.9% |
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SP: 2.01% |
In Turkey’s third largest city Izmir, 51.15 percent of the votes were counted by 11 pm.
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CHP (Aziz Kocaoğlu): 57.28% |
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AKP (Taha Aksoy): 29.94% |
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MHP (Müsavat Dervişoğlu): 7.14% |
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DSP (Harun Öztürk): 1.4% |
Municipal council votes in Izmir so far are:
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CHP: 48.08 % |
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AKP: 29.63 % |
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MHP: 9.86 % |
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DP: 3.69 % |
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DSP: 2.64 % |
In Diyarbakir, the largest Kurdish-majority city, 79.13 percent of the votes were counted.
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DTP (Osman Baydemir): 66.53% |
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AKP (Kudbettin Arzu): 30.6% |
Municipal council votes in Diyarbakır so far are:
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DTP: 62.45% |
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AKP: 31.49% |
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