Turkey Election Results Istanbul

Istanbul president recep tayyip erdogan of turkey suffered the biggest defeat of his political career on sunday as his candidate for istanbul mayor conceded defeat in a repeat.

Turkey election results istanbul. In the march 31 municipal elections. The june 2019 istanbul mayoral election was held on 23 june 2019. The istanbul mayoral election where chp candidate ekrem i̇mamoğlu defeated akp candidate and former prime minister binali yıldırım by just under 14 000 votes 0.

It was a re run of the march 2019 mayoral election which was annulled by the supreme electoral council ysk on 6 may 2019. The election was beset by a number of controversies including an unexplained results blackout on election night just when the opposition were on the verge of victory in istanbul. The original election had resulted in a narrow 0 2 margin of victory for opposition candidate ekrem i̇mamoğlu causing the governing justice and development party akp to successfully petition for a re run.

Originally due on 3 november 2019 president recep tayyip erdoğan announced on 18 april 2018 that the vote was being brought forward. P resident recep tayyip erdogan the strongman of turkish politics and a former mayor of istanbul has lost istanbul. Presidential elections were held to elect the president of turkey using a two round system.

The march 2019 istanbul mayoral election took place on 31 march 2019 as part of the 2019 turkish local elections. November 2015 turkish general election november 1 2015 total. Erdogan disputes turkey poll results in big cities the ruling party alleged that votes were stolen and many ballot box watchers did not have official approval leading the election board to demand.

Results summary of latest election. In addition to a mayor for the istanbul metropolitan municipality all 39 istanbul districts elected their own individual mayors as well as district councillors. Losing istanbul is much more than ceding control of turkey s largest city and commercial powerhouse.

A political gamble by turkey s president recep tayyip erdogan backfired spectacularly on sunday as the opposition won a resounding victory in the repeat of an istanbul mayoral election. April 4 2019 6 12 am edt. The mayor s job was the springboard for erdogan s own political career and if imamoglu.