More than 64.1M people registered to vote to elect president, parliamentarians for the next five years.
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Final results are coming in as more than 98 percent of the votes have been counted thus far. Erdogan’s current share of the votes stands at 49.34 percent while Kilicdaroglu’s share stands at 45.00 percent.
The polls opened at 8:00 AM (0500 GMT) and closed at 5:00 PM (1400 GMT). Media organisations were barred from reporting partial results until an embargo was lifted at 6:30 PM (1530 GMT) by The Supreme Election Council (YSK).
If no candidate secures more than half the votes in the first round of voting, a May 28 run-off will be held.
A total of 191,885 ballot boxes have been set up for voters in the country.
There are five multiparty blocs in the running: the People’s Alliance, Nation Alliance, Ata Alliance, Labour and Freedom Alliance, and Union of Socialist Power Alliance.
Following are the latest updates 👇
0345 GMT — Latest presidential results show 98.55 percent of votes counted
• Erdogan: 49.34 percent
• Ince: 0.43 percent (withdrawn)
• Kilicdaroglu: 45.00 percent
• Ogan: 5.23 percent
0155 GMT — Latest presidential results show 98.06 percent of votes counted
• Erdogan: 49.34 percent
• Ince: 0.43 percent (withdrawn)
• Kilicdaroglu: 44.99 percent
• Ogan: 5.24 percent
0150 GMT — Latest parliamentary vote resultsHere are the latest results with 97.88 percent of the vote counted:
• People’s Alliance: 49.30 percent
• Nation’s Alliance: 35.22 percent
0122 GMT — Elections reflected nation’s will: Communications Directorate
Türkiye’s presidential and parliamentary elections once again reflected the nation’s will, the country’s communications director has said.
May 14 was once again the day “when the will of this esteemed nation” was manifested, said Fahrettin Altun on Twitter.
“Our nation has spoken and pointed out the way to go. By sharing in solidarity and in peace, we will grow together and will set an example to the world,” Altun wrote.