Official results of Turkey's presidential election released on Official Gazette

Iklan
This handout photograph taken and released on May 19, 2023 shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meeting the former presidential candidate of the ATA Alliance Sinan Ogan at Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul. (Photo by Handout / Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Press Office of the Presidency of Turkey " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

ANKARA, Turkey - The final results of Turkey's presidential election held on May 14 was published in the Official Gazette on Friday.

Millions of voters went to polls on Sunday to elect the country's next president and the members of its 600-seat parliament.

Iklan
Iklan

According to the Supreme Election Council decision published in the Official Gazette, over 53.99 million out of over 60.72 million registered voters in the country voted in the first round of the presidential election within Turkey, reported Anadolu Agency.

While more than 52.97 million of the votes were valid, 1.2 million were invalid. The voter turnout rate was 88.92 per cent.

Iklan

The voter turnout abroad was at 49.4 per cent as over 1.69 million people voted in the elections.

Also, some 148,183 people voted at the customs gates.

Iklan

The total voter turnout stands at 87.04 per cent, according to Official Gazette.

Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the lead in the elections, getting over 27.13 million votes, with 49.52 per cent of the votes.

Iklan

His closest competitor Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), came second at 44.88 per cent, getting 24.59 million votes.

Sinan Ogan of the ATA (Ancestral) Alliance got 5.17 per cent, while Muharrem Ince, who withdrew from the presidential race late last week after ballots had already been printed, got 0.43 per cent.

As no candidate was able to win an outright majority in Sunday’s vote, a second-round runoff will be held on May 28 between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu. - BERNAMA-ANADOLU