According to preliminary results, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received 49.51 percent of the vote, while his main rival, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, received 44.88 percent.
Türkiye counted all the ballot boxes in the presidential elections. As none of the candidates received 50% of the votes, the country will hold a runoff on 28 May. It was reported on CNN Turk today, May 15.
Ahmet Ener, Chairman of the High Election Commission of Turkey, noted that 100 percent of the votes were counted.
According to preliminary results, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received 49.51% of the votes, while his main rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 44.88%, Sinan Ogan 5.17% and Muharrem İnse 0.44%.
Ener noted that the second round of elections will be held for the first time in Turkey. On May 28, the public will decide whether Erdogan or Kılıçdaroğlu will be the next president.
in Recep Tayyip Erdogan twitter urged all participants in the election process to stay at the polls until the official announcement of the results. He said he saw “attempts to explain the results in haste” as “an usurpation of the will of the people”.
Remember, on May 14, Erdogan distributed money to children in Istanbul on the eve of the election. He gave them 200 lira banknotes.
Source: Focus
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