Turkey election: Recep Tayyip Erdogan lead with 49.50% while his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu trails at 44.89%

By Ruzeki, Shadow News 

Published On 14 May 202314 May 2023

Here's what to know about the Turkey presidential election

Live tracking of the presidential results 

Candidates

 Erdoga

n (AKP)

Ince

 (MP)

 Kilicdarogl

u (CHP)

 Oga

n (ATA Alliance) 

Erdogan (AKP)

49.50%

Kilicdaroglu (CHP)

44.89%

Ogan (ATA Alliance)

5.17%

Ince (Homeland Party)

0.44%

Percentage of the ballot boxes opened: 99.87%

As of Sunday 16:30 GMT, voter turnout was at 85.14 percent, according to the Anadolu News Agency. 

• Millions of voters headed to the polls to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections, which observers expect to be the toughest test for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 20 years in power. 
• To win the presidency in the first round, a candidate must obtain more than 50 percent of ballots cast. 
• If no candidate secures more than half of the votes, a May 28 runoff will be held between the two leading candidates. 
• Voters will also select 600 members of parliament. 
• Forecasts and commentaries about the vote are banned until 6pm (13:00 GMT). 
• Reports on some aspects of the election are then allowed, but media are only free to report on election results rolling in from across Turkey from 9pm (18:00 GMT). 

Voting is under way in Turkey elections as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces the biggest political challenge of his two-decade rule. 

More than 63 million eligible voters will cast their ballots to elect a president and parliament for a five-year term. 

The polls opened at 8am (05:00 GMT) and will close at 5pm (14:00 GMT). The press is barred from reporting partial results until an embargo is lifted at 9pm (18:00 GMT). 

If no candidate secures more than half the votes in the first round of voting, a May 28 run-off will be held. 

Key election issues are the economy, earthquake relief operations, brain drain, refugees, foreign policy, values and identity. 

On Saturday, Twitter announced that access to some content has been restricted in Turkey. It didn’t elaborate what content is affected by these restrictions. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded his election campaign with a communal evening prayer at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. He recited the first chapter of the holy Quran. 

On the other hand, his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu visited the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkish republic as he told his supporters to change the country’s destiny. 

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