2024-03-31 22:10:51
Istanbul (agencies)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan considered that the local government elections would mark “the beginning of a new era in the country,” adding: “We recently held parliamentary elections and presidential elections, and today we are holding local elections.”
He pointed out that his country “opens a new century and era with the local elections and the previous presidential elections, and our people showed loyalty on both occasions,” expressing his belief that “a result will be issued that will bring good to Turkey and its people, and he appreciated the efforts of all those working to guard the ballot boxes.” The partial official vote count for the local elections that took place in Turkey yesterday showed that Ekrem Imamoglu, the current mayor of Istanbul and the candidate of the Republican People’s Party, advanced in the city’s mayoral elections, as announced by the current mayor of Ankara, Mansur Yavoş, who is running for the Republican People’s Party. He also won according to the initial results, which showed a lead of regarding 20% of the votes. After counting regarding 20% of the ballot boxes, the outgoing mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, won 49.6% of the votes, compared to 41.6% for his main competitor, Murat Kurum, the candidate of the ruling “Crowd” coalition. Ekrem Imamoglu said he was “very happy” with the preliminary results of the mayoral elections in the country’s largest city, with nearly 40% of the votes counted. As for the capital, Ankara, the outgoing mayor, Mansur Yavas, of the Republican People’s Party, received 56.3%, compared to 36.3% for his competitor Turgut Altinok, the candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party, following counting 12.4% of the ballots. Polling offices in 81 provinces in the country closed their doors yesterday evening, and according to the laws of the Supreme Elections Commission, the vote counting process begins immediately following the end of voting, according to the Turkish news agency “Anatolia”, which explained that the results of the elections are expected to be announced as soon as the media ban is lifted. By the committee.
The head of the Supreme Election Commission in Turkey, Ahmet Yener, announced the lifting of the ban on announcing the results of the local elections. This came in a statement he made to reporters in front of the headquarters of the Supreme Elections Committee. 34 parties are competing in the current elections, which will determine the names of mayors of 81 states, 973 districts, and 390 towns, along with 50,336 mayors, in addition to members of municipal councils. About 61 million people are entitled to cast their votes in the elections, including regarding one million voters who will cast their votes for the first time. The position of mayor of Istanbul witnesses the largest number of candidates, with 49 candidates, including 22 representing political parties and 27 independent candidates, given the city’s political and economic importance in the country.
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