June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election

Mayoral election in Istanbul

June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election

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Opinion polls
Turnout84.51% (Increase 0.57 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu Binali Yıldırım
Party CHP AK Party
Alliance Nation People
Popular vote 4,742,082 3,936,068
Percentage 54.22% 45.00%

Neighbourhood results

İmamoğlu:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%      80-90%

Yıldırım:      50-60%      60-70%

Mayor before election

Ali Yerlikaya (acting)
Independent

Elected Mayor

Ekrem İmamoğlu
CHP

June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election ballot

The June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election was held on 23 June 2019.[1] It was a repeat of the March 2019 mayoral election, which was annulled by the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) on 6 May 2019. 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 (AK Party) to successfully petition for a by-election.[2]

The Nation Alliance (formed of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Good Party) fielded their initial candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, who ran a positive campaign under the slogan Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak (Everything will be fine). The governing People's Alliance (formed by the AK Party and the Nationalist Movement Party) reselected their initially unsuccessful candidate Binali Yıldırım. The non-aligned Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) did not stand their own candidate and announced their support for İmamoğlu. The election featured a televised debate between the two main candidates, for the first time in Turkey since 2002. Campaigning focused highly on rival accusations of misconduct during and after the initial March 2019 election, during which both sides alleged that they had been a victim of the other's antics.

The results showed a substantial swing in favour of İmamoğlu, who multiplied his initial 13,700-vote margin of victory 57-fold to win 54.2% of the vote against Yıldırım's 45.0%. The opposition's victory defied opinion polls, which predicted a much narrower victory, and was a record in the history of Istanbul local elections in terms of both popular vote and percentage share. İmamoğlu also won pluralities in 28 of Istanbul's 39 districts. Yıldırım, on the other hand, lost 11 districts he had won in March and saw a 4% decrease in his previous vote share, conceding defeat soon after indicative results became public.[3][4] The result was seen as a huge defeat to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who had once said that if his party "lost Istanbul, we would lose Turkey."[5] Commentators viewed the result as a backlash against Erdoğan, the initial annulment of the March vote (which was largely seen as an anti-democratic manoeuvre), economic mismanagement and negative campaigning.[6][7][8][9] It was also seen as a backfire against the government's last-ditch attempt to involve the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)'s imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan in the process, in an attempt to convince HDP voters to boycott the election.[10]

The opposition's landslide was characterised at the time as the "beginning of the end" for Erdoğan,[11][12][13] with international commentators calling the re-run a huge government miscalculation that led to a potential İmamoğlu candidacy in the next scheduled presidential election.[11][13] It was suggested that the scale of the government's defeat could provoke a Cabinet reshuffle and an early general election, though this did not come to pass.[14][15] İmamoğlu would end up not being chosen as the opposition's presidential candidate in 2023, and Erdoğan would end up being narrowly re-elected, defeating Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

31 March 2019 election

Election results

After the local elections were held on 31 March 2019, the Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK), Sadi Güven, announced that Ekrem İmamoğlu received 4,159,650 votes and that he was ahead of Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) Istanbul mayoral candidate Binali Yıldırım.[16] The Istanbul Provincial Organization of the AKP demanded a re-count of invalid votes and the correction of ballot records on 2 April, which was approved by the Supreme Electoral Council.[17][18] At the conclusion of the re-counting process on 17 April 2019, it was announced that Ekrem İmamoğlu had completed the election with 4,169,765 votes, 13,729 votes ahead of his rival Binali Yıldırım, who received 4,156,036 votes.[19] On the same day, İmamoğlu began his term by receiving his certificate of election from the Supreme Electoral Council's İstanbul Provincial Electoral Council.[20]

Objection process

  • 31 March 2019: 2019 Turkish local elections are held.
  • 2 April 2019: Recounts are ordered in 9 districts of Istanbul as a result of the AK Party's objections.
  • 7 April 2019: The AK Party's demand for re-counts in all 38 districts of Istanbul is denied by the YSK.
  • 9 April 2019: The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) applied to the YSK for the annulment of results in the Maltepe district of Istanbul.
  • 17 April 2019: The Istanbul Provincial Election Board delivered Ekrem İmamoğlu's certificate of election. The AK Party objected to this by giving the YSK a 44-page report and three suitcases of documents.
  • 20 April 2019: The AK Party made an additional objection regarding people removed with KHKs. This was rejected.
  • 6 May 2019: The YSK decided that the Istanbul mayoral election shall be annulled and repeated on 23 June 2019.
  • 8 May 2019: The Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Good Party applied to the YSK for the annulment of all elections in Istanbul, in addition to the mayoral election.
  • 13 May 2019: The YSK rejected the CHP's and Good Party's application for the annulment of all elections in Istanbul.
  • 22 May 2019: The YSK published the detailed ruling regarding the annulment of the Istanbul mayoral election.

Annulment of the election

On 6 May 2019, in a 7-to-4 decision, the YSK ruled that the Istanbul mayoral election shall be annulled, and that it shall be repeated on 23 June 2019. This decision was based on the objections raised by the AK Party regarding the fact that despite the law, some balloting committee presidents and members were not public officials.[21] Despite the decision, the President of the YSK Sadi Güven was one of the four members who voted against annulment. He later publicly stated that he was not in favour of renewing the election.

Electoral schedule

The Supreme Electoral Council determined the electoral schedule based on its decision on 6 May 2019 to annul the original election and repeat it on 23 June 2019:[22]

  • 15 May 2019: The deadline for the submittal of a list of all public servants that will serve in each district to the relevant district election committee centers.
  • 20 May 2019: The determination, based on a lottery, of the balloting committee presidents and members, from among the submitted list of public servants.
  • 21 May 2019: The distribution of the list of the balloting committee presidents and members to political parties, if requested.
  • 23–24 May 2019: The deadline for the submittal of possible objections regarding the make-up of the balloting committees.
  • 24 May 2019: The deadline for the period in which political parties can change to their candidates.
  • 25 May 2019: The deadline for decisions to be made by the district electoral councils regarding the objections to the make-up of the balloting committees.
  • 26 May 2019: The deadline for objections regarding the decisions made by the district electoral councils to be submitted to the Istanbul Provincial Electoral Council.
  • 27 May 2019: The announcement of the finalized candidate lists, the printing of the unified ballots and their distribution to the district electoral councils, and the beginning of distribution of the voter information documents.
  • 29 May 2019: The completion of the establishment of the balloting committees.
  • 13 June 2019: The beginning of election propaganda and of certain prohibitions.
  • 16 June 2019: The deadline for the completion of distribution of the voter information documents.
  • 18 June 2019: The annotation of information regarding restricted voters to the voter lists.
  • 19 June 2019: The completion of the replication of the ballot box voter lists.
  • 22 June 2019: The ending of election propaganda at 18:00.
  • 23 June 2019: The beginning of the voting process at 8:00, and its completion at 17:00.

Electoral conduct

The Supreme Electoral Council announced that the electoral roll would be exactly the same as the electors in the March 2019. Since the vote was a re-run, voters who turned 18 between 31 March and 23 June 2019 would not be included on the electoral roll. The YSK did, however, remove individuals with mental disabilities from voter lists. This was due to numerous complaints from all parties in the March local elections that mentally impaired individuals unable to exercise free thought were exploited for their vote. As a result, the Istanbul electorate fell from 10,570,939 to 10,570,354 (including deaths and convictions during this time).[23]

Election campaign and party stances

Ekrem İmamoğlu and his spouse Dilek İmamoğlu campaigning in Silivri.

Candidates

The nominee of the governing Justice and Development Party (AK Party) was Binali Yıldırım, a former Prime Minister of Turkey and an incumbent Member of the Grand National Assembly. As part of the People's Alliance, the AK Party's candidate had the support of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).[24] Ekrem İmamoğlu was the candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP), and was supported by the CHP-allied Good Party, which is a part of the Nation Alliance.

After the annulment of the 31 March elections, the Democratic Left Party (DSP) candidate Muammer Aydın,[25] the Independent Turkey Party (BTP) candidate Selim Kotil,[26] the Democratic Party candidate Ersan Gökgöz,[27] the Turkish Communist Party candidate Zehra Güner Karaoğlu,[28] the Worker's Movement Party-supported independent candidate Özge Akman,[28] the Turkish Communist Movement-supported independent candidate Aysel Tekerek,[28] and the independent candidate Hazer Oruç Kaya[28] all announced that they would not stand in the upcoming election.

The Felicity Party (Saadet Party) candidate Necdet Gökçınar,[29] the Patriotic Party (Vatan Party) candidate Mustafa İlker Yücel,[30][28] and the independent candidates Doğan Duman[28] and Muhammet Ali Canca,[28] conversely announced that they would participate in the Istanbul mayoral election that would be repeated on 23 June 2019.

On 27 May 2019, the finalized candidate list for the 23 June 2019 election was announced. In the list announced by the Istanbul Provincial Electoral Council, there are 17 independent candidates aside from the partied candidates Ekrem İmamoğlu, Binali Yıldırım, Necdet Gökçınar, and Mustafa İlker Yücel.[31]

Justice and Development Party

In the articles published on 9 May 2019 regarding the AK Party's strategy, it was said that the AK Party would go door-to-door to convince undecided voters and those who did not vote on 31 March, that the AK Party would soften its rhetoric, that projects regarding Istanbul and its districts would be emphasized, and that the AK Party would participate in joint rallies with the MHP. Aside from these efforts, president and AK Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan would join iftar dinners throughout Ramadan, make house visits to voters, and hold rallies in each of the 39 districts of Istanbul.[32] An election coordination center was created under the scope of these strategies, and Mehmet Özhaseki, AK Party's candidate for Ankara mayor on 31 March 2019 was chosen to lead this operation.[33]

As part of their election campaign, AK Party's goals were:

  • To explain the reasons for the annulment of the election to the voters in a convincing manner.[34]
  • To call all 2,300,000 AK Party members who are eligible to vote in Istanbul by telephone, and to remind them that they absolutely need to vote.[citation needed]
  • To not use the name of the Nation Alliance candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu, but to refer to him only as "CHP's candidate".[35][36]
  • To campaign in order to reduce the image of victimhood held by the CHP due to the annulment of the election.[citation needed]
  • To end the rhetoric that was used in the 31 March elections that the election would affect the survival of the government.[citation needed] The campaign focused on the rhetoric of stability and prosperity.[37]
  • To direct the 103,000 voters who voted for the Saadet Party on 31 March towards the AKP.[34]

Campaign towards resentful AK Party voters

A different rhetoric was used towards the estimated 400,000 to 700,000 AK Party voters who did not vote for Binali Yıldırım on 31 March as a reaction against the party's policies.[38] In this context, the statements by government spokesperson Mahir Ünal's and AK Party group deputy chairman Numan Kurtulmuş's statements drew special attention.[39][40]

Campaign towards Kurdish voters

During the campaign for the election on 31 March, the AK Party along with its partner MHP emphasized the "survival problem" in its rhetoric. Afterwards, the AK Party determined that many conservative Kurds who had previously voted for the AK Party had not voted on 31 March, due to the fact that the rhetoric associating Kurds with terrorism during the campaign had been highly successful.[41] Accordingly, the AK Party decided to proceed with a separate effort for the roughly 230,000 conservative Kurds who did not vote on 31 March.[34] AK Party decided to campaign by messaging that they would "fix their mistakes" to people such as opinion leaders, business people, NGOs in the southeastern provinces as well as in Istanbul. Through this, the AK Party planned to communicate directly with the Kurdish voters.[42] On the other hand, the AK Party appealed to the MHP, which supports Binali Yıldırım in the election, not to campaign in Istanbul.[43]

On 6 May 2019, the lawyers of imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan were allowed to visit Öcalan in an unprecedented move. This was followed by the lifting of the ban on the visitation of Öcalan by Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül.[44] These actions, combined with a shift in rhetoric on Öcalan by the Anadolu Agency from pre-31 March "head terrorist" to simply "İmralı",[45] the referral of Öcalan as "estimable Öcalan" by Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Council member Burhanettin Duran,[46] as well as Öcalan's request for an end to the hunger strikes started for the betterment of his imprisonment conditions on 26 May[47][48] all caused speculation of cooperation between the AK Party and Öcalan.[49][50] On the other hand, speculation was also made that the purpose of the meetings with Öcalan was to cause a drop in İmamoğlu's votes by either having the HDP name a candidate for mayor,[51] or by having the HDP boycott the election.[52][53] Conversely, MHP leader Bahçeli said, in regards to Öcalan's visitation by his lawyers, that "If you ask me, he should meet with his lawyer".[54] On 9 May, İmam Taşçıer offered Kurdish support for the AK Party candidate in exchange of the release of the Kurds who were imprisoned unjustly, recognizing the legitimate Kurdish rights in Turkey and the establishment of good relations with the Syrian Kurds, contrary, Kurds might throw their support behind the CHP.[55]

Binali Yıldırım visited Diyarbakır on 6 June in order to gain the support of Kurdish voters in Istanbul.[56] There, he welcomed those who came to listen to him using Kurdish words,[57] claimed that there were "members of parliament from Kurdistan in the inaugural Grand National Assembly of Turkey,[58][59] and pronounced the name of the PKK differently than the way that it is commonly pronounced,[60] all of which drew a reaction. These actions by Yıldırım in Diyarbakır were criticised by Good Party leader Meral Akşener as "first calling Kurds terrorists, and then going to Diyarbakır and crying to get their votes in Istanbul",[61] and by MHP leader Devlet Bahçeli as "there is no Kurdistan or Lazistan in Turkey. Neither will there be in the future. If there are who wish that there would be, they will always find the Nationalist-Idealist movement".[62] Bahçeli's statement was ignored by media organizations close to the AK Party.[63] Co-leader of the HDP Sezai Temelli also criticized the hypocrisy of Yıldırım's actions.[64]

On 22 June 2019, the recently inaugurated President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani visited Istanbul and met with Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, who described Barzani as his "special guest". It was Barzani's first official foreign visit as the President of the KRI.[65] The goal of the visit has been interpreted by several media outlets, including Voice of America, as to gain Kurdish support for the ruling Justice and Development Party's candidate Binali Yıldırım in the upcoming 23 June 2019 Istanbul mayoral election.[66][67]

"Because they stole" statement

After the annulment of the 31 March elections, Binali Yıldırım gave the response "very simple, because they stole" to a citizen who asked about the annulment. Following this, the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) began to regularly allege that the Republican People's Party (CHP) had stolen votes.[68] As part of this, President Erdoğan claimed that there existed footage proving that the CHP had committed vote theft, but this footage never surfaced.[69] However, despite this, Erdoğan continued to raise this allegation.[70]

On the other hand, in regards to the accusation that the CHP stole votes, Yıldırım alleged that balloting council presidents had not given the relevant ballots to those that they identified as AK Party voters in the 31 March elections. Meanwhile, Minister of the Interior Süleyman Soylu claimed that the votes were stolen after the tabulation of the votes.[71]

After the absence of vote theft in the reasoning for the annulment of the election by the Supreme Electoral Council (YSK), the AK Party's allegations were criticized by the CHP. In light of this, Yıldırım claimed that he "had to say that they stole", due to the reasoning that he could not make his voice heard during the campaign.[72]

Criticisms towards rivals

Members of the AK Party made certain accusations during the campaign towards Ekrem İmamoğlu and the CHP:

  • President Erdoğan said that "this is Istanbul, this is not Constantinople, there are some that want to see it as such. We have 22 days against those that want to see it as such".[73]
  • Regarding the election, AK Party general vice president Mehmet Özhaseki said that "[their] side is on the side of the nation, of the government, of people and of service. If you look to the other side, you will see FETÖ's scoundrels and PKK's murderers".[74]
  • AK Party's Erzurum member of parliament İbrahim Aydemir said that should Ekrem İmamoğlu win the election, that "the non-believers' idols will be erected" in Istanbul.[75][76]
  • AK Party's Erzurum member of parliament Selami Altınok said that should Ekrem İmamoğlu win the election, that İSPARK would be given to the HDP.[77]
  • AK Party's Istanbul member of parliament Ahmet Hamdi Çamlı compared voters who voted for İmamoğlu to the "sick".[78]
  • Former Ankara mayor Melih Gökçek said regarding İmamoğlu that "the Conqueror's grandchildren will not allow the Byzantines' grandchildren".[79]

Intra-party objections

During the annulment process, there were criticisms of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) from party members and from those who were ideologically close to the party. Former AK Party prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu criticised the decision to annul, saying that "the YSK's decision to annul has caused an erosion to our most basic principles". Following this, referring to the implication made by a television program that he is a traitor, Davutoğlu responded that "the day will come when we will find out who protected the inheritance, and who betrayed it".[80] Later, Davutoğlu said that "everything can be lost, and then won again. Power can be lost and then won again. There is no tomorrow for those who lose hope. Don't be afraid to talk".[citation needed]

Meanwhile, other members of the AK Party brought certain criticisms towards the annulment and the campaign run by the AK Party:

  • AK Party Istanbul member of parliament Mustafa Yeneroğlu said that the government needs to listen to the criticisms from the public, and that steps should be taken to ensure that a pluralistic democracy and a liberal constitutional state can grow.[81]
  • Former AK Party member of parliament Mehmet Ocaktan claimed that the AK Party's representative in the YSK is a member of FETÖ.[82]
  • AK Party Ardahan member of parliament Orhan Atalay characterized the Tarawih prayers organised by the Muftiate of Istanbul for the anniversary of the Conquest of Istanbul, which President Erdoğan joined, as being "palace style".[83]
  • The interview given by AK Party general vice president Azmi Ekinci wherein Ekinci criticised the party's strategy in the 31 March elections was removed.[84]

In response to these developments, President Erdoğan said that "as the Turkish nation gives one of the most critical struggles in its history, we will not give permission to those who want to implement their own agendas at the cost of our party's weakness".[citation needed] In addition to this, the decision to assign duties to those who have not been recently active but who are known in the AK Party, such as Abdülkadir Aksu, Sadık Yakut, Mevlüt Uysal, Faruk Çelik, and Bülent Arınç was seen as measures to stop the intra-party opposition.[85][86][87]

Republican People's Party

İmamoğlu, who won the elections held on 31 March, but whose certificate of election was cancelled by the annulment of the election, declared that they wouldn't boycott the election and that they would compete immediately after the decision to annul. After this declaration, İmamoğlu met with voters in a different district of Istanbul every day, joined iftars, and made speeches.

As part of the election campaign, the Republican People's Party planned the following strategy:

  • It was announced that İmamoğlu's victimhood would be emphasized, that even the candidates who lost would be active, that large rallies would not be held, and that house visits would be made.[88]
  • A news bureau would be established as an alternative to the Anadolu Agency in the 23 June elections, and that the results would be published live as the counts are completed.[citation needed]
  • İmamoğlu indicated that he would continue to use the title "Mayor of Istanbul".[89]
  • A donation campaign was established to fund the election campaign.[90] While the donations made in the first day reached ₺5,000,000,[91] the donations made in one week reached over ₺10,000,000 from 500,000 donors, of which 340,000 were from domestic donors.[92] As of 26 May, the total amount of donations made to the campaign exceeded ₺15,000,000.[93]
  • It was decided that only five people (Ekrem İmamoğlu, CHP İstanbul Provincial President Canan Kaftancıoğlu, and CHP General Vice Presidents Oğuz Kaan Salıcı, Seyit Torun, and Onursal Adıgüzel) would be assigned to electoral coordination.[94]
  • While a group of members of parliament would be working in the Grand National Assembly (TBMM), other members of parliament were assigned to Istanbul.[95]
  • It was decided that there would be a campaign to get the 1,700,000 people who did not vote on 31 March to vote.[96] As part of this, a "bring your neighbor who didn't vote on 31 March to the ballot box" campaign was established.[97]
  • It was announced that slogans other than "Her şey çok güzel olacak" (Everything will be fine) would be used in the campaign.[98]

Opinion polling

Date(s) Pollster Sample size AKP CHP Other Undecided Not Voting
18–20 June PİAR[99] 1,620 47.6 51.5 0.9
17–20 June Avrasya[100] 960 46.3 53.0 0.7
17–19 June İEA[101][102] 1,500 43.4 48.1 0.8 4.2 3.5
15–16 June KONDA[103] 3,498 40.9 49.0 0.7 9.4
16 June MAK[104] 6,580 42.5 44.0 1.0 2.0 10.5
15 June REMRES[105][106] 6,580 48.5 51.1 0.3
12–14 June ORC[107] 6,580 48.3 47.7 0.6 3.4
13 June ADA[108][109] 9,000 48.3 50.6 1.1
8–12 June Themis[110] 36.6 42.8 0.7 10.4 9.5
12 June AREDA[111] 9,317 47.8 51.0 1.2
8–11 June SONAR[112] 3,400 46.7 52.3 0.9
29 May – 3 June ORC[113] 9,675 47.0 46.7 0.8 5.5
15–20 May MAK[114][115] 11,000 45.0 47.0 1.0 7.0
15-16 May KONDA[103] - 40.1 50.1 0.7 9.2
21–22 April Konsensus[116][117] 1,040 48.1 50.2 1.7

Results

Overall results

The following table is detailing the preliminary results of the Istanbul Mayoral Election, with more than 99% of the ballots counted. Official results were released by the Supreme Electoral Council. Both Yıldırım and Erdoğan acknowledged the defeat and congratulated Ekrem İmamoğlu on his re-election as Mayor of Istanbul.[6][118][119]

A part of Ekrem İmamoğlu's speech at Republican People's Party Election Coordination Center after the results are announced.
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ekrem İmamoğluRepublican People's Party4,742,08254.22
Binali YildirimJustice and Development Party3,936,06845.00
Necdet GökçınarFelicity Party47,8320.55
Mustafa İlker YücelPatriotic Party13,9620.16
Seçkin İlkerIndependent1,5570.02
Dursunali BacıoğluIndependent1,1310.01
Lütfü YılmazIndependent5770.01
Doğan DumanIndependent5170.01
Fatma Ragibe Kanıkuru LoğoğluIndependent4620.01
Vedat ÖztürkIndependent3530.00
Muhammet Ali CancaIndependent3200.00
Ahmet ÇördükIndependent2740.00
Mehmet YıldızIndependent2420.00
Burak KadıoğluIndependent2330.00
Özkan Mustafa KüçükkuralIndependent2020.00
Güldes ÖnkoyunIndependent1960.00
Burhan ErolIndependent1620.00
Ali Rıza KansızIndependent1210.00
Memet Ali AydoğmuşIndependent940.00
Hasan Atasoy TorunIndependent920.00
Abdulcelil GülapIndependent890.00
Total8,746,566100.00
Valid votes8,746,56698.00
Invalid/blank votes178,6002.00
Total votes8,925,166100.00
Registered voters/turnout10,570,35484.44

Results by district

District Ekrem İmamoğlu
(CHP)
Binali Yıldırım
(AK Party)
Others Valid votes Voter turnout Registered electors
# of votes % # of votes % # of votes % # of votes % # of votes %
Adalar 7,378 71.0 2,977 28.6 42 0.4 10,397 98.3 10,580 83.9 12,608
Arnavutköy 53,894 38.8 83,701 60.2 1,388 1.0 138,983 97.3 142,814 82.5 173,036
Ataşehir 153,982 60.0 100,867 39.3 1,848 0.7 256,697 98.3 261,105 86.1 303,273
Avcılar 152,348 62.0 91,873 37.4 1,354 0.6 245,575 97.9 250,760 83.5 300,153
Bağcılar 172,694 42.5 230,271 56.6 3,739 0.9 406,704 97.8 416,006 83.5 498,314
Bahçelievler 180,441 52.0 163,896 47.2 2,775 0.8 347,112 97.9 354,488 83.9 422,645
Bakırköy 112,656 79.3 28,545 20.1 800 0.6 142,001 98.5 144,098 85.4 168,802
Başakşehir 104,571 47.5 112,968 51.4 2,395 1.1 219,934 97.9 224,757 85.0 264,503
Bayrampaşa 84,228 50.7 80,593 48.5 1,412 0.8 166,233 98.1 169,476 85.6 197,991
Beşiktaş 99,480 83.9 18,525 15.6 568 0.5 118,573 98.8 120,038 85.9 139,673
Beykoz 76,464 49.8 75,687 49.3 568 0.5 118,573 98.8 120,038 85.9 139,673
Beylikdüzü 118,351 61.9 71,543 37.4 1,153 0.6 191,047 98.2 194,539 85.3 228,079
Beyoğlu 69,824 51.6 64,346 47.5 1,184 0.9 135,354 98.0 138,161 82.7 167,012
Büyükçekmece 85,155 58.9 58,690 40.6 710 0.5 144,555 98.0 147,497 84.4 174,661
Çatalca 28,852 59.7 19,204 39.7 308 0.6 48,364 97.7 49,499 87.0 56,868
Çekmeköy 73,949 50.7 70,894 48.6 1,065 0.7 145,908 97.9 149,007 86.4 172,439
Esenler 96,051 38.0 154,094 61.0 2,358 0.9 252,503 97.8 258,297 84.1 307,041
Esenyurt 250,738 57.3 184,194 42.1 2,482 0.6 437,414 97.6 448,013 80.5 556,619
Eyüpsultan 125,766 53.9 105,559 45.3 1,919 0.8 233,244 98.1 237,736 85.8 277,158
Fatih 109,636 49.5 109,306 49.4 2,438 1.1 221,380 97.9 226,089 81.3 278,133
Gaziosmanpaşa 130,245 46.3 148,463 52.8 2,391 0.9 281,099 97.8 287,376 83.6 343,917
Güngören 82,987 48.8 85,555 50.3 1,415 0.8 169,957 98.0 173,442 83.5 207,741
Kadıköy 263,817 82.4 54,868 17.1 1,655 0.5 320,340 98.8 324,151 87.1 372,371
Kağıthane 126,131 48.6 131,328 50.6 2,267 0.9 259,726 98.0 264,920 83.9 315,945
Kartal 171,579 58.6 118,722 40.6 2,280 0.8 292,581 98.2 297,827 86.1 346,014
Küçükçekmece 264,600 59.6 176,518 39.7 3,135 0.7 444,253 97.8 454,137 84.1 539,925
Maltepe 197,322 63.3 112,198 36.0 2,012 0.6 311,532 98.2 317,098 85.4 371,097
Pendik 186,464 46.2 213,764 52.9 3,805 0.9 404,033 97.9 412,651 84.4 488,954
Sancaktepe 119,532 51.7 109,966 47.6 1,707 0.7 231,205 97.9 236,263 85.1 277,747
Sarıyer 128,864 61.6 78,970 37.8 1,272 0.6 209,106 98.3 212,750 85.4 249,257
Silivri 65,338 62.0 39,403 37.4 654 0.6 105,395 97.7 107,864 84.5 127,578
Sultanbeyli 56,995 32.9 114,130 66.0 1,852 1.1 172,977 97.4 177,506 83.4 212,729
Sultangazi 121,803 41.6 168,167 57.5 2,559 0.9 292,529 97.7 299,294 85.8 348,829
Şile 12,452 49.8 12,358 49.4 212 0.8 25,022 97.9 25,567 87.3 29,285
Şişli 122,731 73.7 43,127 25.9 774 0.5 166,632 98.4 169,407 83.2 203,711
Tuzla 78,680 53.2 67,944 25.9 774 0.5 166,632 98.4 169,407 83.2 203,711
Ümraniye 193,266 47.5 209,815 51.6 3,467 0.9 406,548 98.0 414,819 85.5 485,043
Üsküdar 183,671 54.3 151,634 44.8 3,186 0.9 338,491 98.3 344,391 85.6 402,468
Zeytinburnu 79,147 52.2 71,405 47.1 1,165 0.8 151,717 97.7 155,270 82.2 188,860
Istanbul 4,742,082 54.2 3,936,068 45.0 68,416 0.8 8,746,566 98.0 8,925,166 84.4 10,570,354

Further reading

  • Svolik, Milan W. (2023). "Voting Against Autocracy". World Politics. 75 (4): 647–691

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