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Revision as of 01:56, 7 April 2024

2024 Istanbul mayoral election
← 2019 (Jun) 31 March 2024 2029 →
Turnout79.28% (Decrease 5.23 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu Murat Kurum
Party CHP AK Party
Alliance People
Popular vote 4,432,691 3,431,587
Percentage 51.14% 39.59%
Mayor before election

Ekrem İmamoğlu
CHP

Elected Mayor

Ekrem İmamoğlu
CHP

2024 Istanbul mayoral election ballot

Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, held mayoral elections on 31 March 2024 as part of the 2024 Turkish local elections.[1] Preliminary results suggested incumbent mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was re-elected.

Background and candidates

Ekrem İmamoğlu of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP); İmamoğlu, when elected in 2019, became the first non-AKP mayor of Istanbul in 25 years.[1] In August 2023, he announced his intention to stand again, despite legal challenges to his candidacy.[2]

On 7 January, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkey and leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), announced its candidate, Murat Kurum.[1]

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of imprisoned pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) leader Selahattin Demirtaş initially announced her intention to run but later withdrew.[3] On 9 February, the HDP's successor, the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) named Murat Çepni and Meral Danış Beştaş as its joint mayoral candidates, with the final decision on who would lead to be left in the event of them winning the election.[4]

Campaigning

Both İmamoğlu and Kurum have pledged to implement infrastructure projects to reinforce buildings against earthquakes and to ease chronic traffic congestion in the city.[5]

Incidents

On 10 February, gunmen opened fire at a campaign event in the Küçükçekmece district municipality for AKP mayoral candidate Aziz Yeniay, critically injuring one person. Seventeen people were arrested in connection with the attack.[6]

Results

Metropolitan municipality mayoral election

Overall results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ekrem İmamoğluRepublican People's Party4,432,69151.14
Murat KurumJustice and Development Party3,431,58739.59
Mehmet AltınözNew Welfare Party226,4382.61
Azmi KaramahmutoğluVictory Party184,0302.12
Meral Danış BeştaşDEM Party183,8052.12
Mehmet Satuk Buğra KavuncuGood Party54,6190.63
Birol AydınFelicity Party48,8930.56
Emre Berk HacıgüzellerHomeland Party14,9190.17
Burhanettin AktürkNew Turkey Party14,2650.16
İdris ŞahinDemocracy and Progress Party11,4090.13
Mustafa AytaşRights and Freedoms Party9,5630.11
Cihan ErdoğanyılmazIndependent Turkey Party9,0030.10
Orhan GökdemirCommunist Party of Turkey7,4710.09
Nesim PakırDemocratic Left Party5,4800.06
İbrahim Okan ÖzkanPatriotic Party4,9070.06
Vedat Taylan YıldızIndependent4,7470.05
Umut ÇınarMotherland Party3,0150.03
Ziya İncedereCommunist Movement of Turkey2,3830.03
Osman TekinAnatolian Unity Party2,2290.03
Hasan Hüsnü GülerNation Party2,0240.02
Muharrem MutluJustice Unity Party1,8310.02
Merve KarataşIndependent1,6520.02
Ishak AkbayIndependent1,2630.01
Hüseyin IşıkNational Path Party1,1370.01
Hülya Kavuzlu KaramanIndependent1,0910.01
Adem BayraktarIndependent9690.01
Vedat ÖztürkIndependent8880.01
Galip MenteşeIndependent7810.01
Osman ÇelikHearth Party6990.01
Memet Ali AydoğmuşIndependent3330.00
Fatma Ragibe Kanıkuru LoğoğluIndependent2780.00
Abdullah ArliIndependent2600.00
Sena Elest AkıncıIndependent2440.00
Orhan ÇebiIndependent2320.00
Habip AksuIndependent2040.00
Bilen AkpınarIndependent1920.00
Yaşar PolarIndependent1860.00
Burak Emre ÇetinIndependent1850.00
Cemal TarancıIndependent1810.00
Güven AkıcıIndependent1790.00
Polat ErdoğanIndependent1600.00
Atakan BozyaylaIndependent1540.00
Yüksel ÖzdenIndependent1520.00
Ömer KarvanIndependent1480.00
Ahmet SoytürkIndependent1400.00
Hüseyin DurmazIndependent1360.00
Mirhat Tekin BruskIndependent1270.00
Uğur EtlikIndependent1190.00
Ahmet BirikmenIndependent1110.00
Total8,667,510100.00
Valid votes8,667,51096.63
Invalid/blank votes302,7023.37
Total votes8,970,212100.00
Registered voters/turnout11,314,53479.28

District elections

Full list

Note: AK Party is abbreviated "AKP" for visualisation purposes.

District Before Elected
Adalar CHP CHP
Arnavutköy AKP AKP
Ataşehir CHP CHP
Avcılar CHP CHP
Bağcılar AKP AKP
Bahçelievler AKP AKP
Bakırköy CHP CHP
Başakşehir AKP AKP
Bayrampaşa AKP CHP
Beşiktaş CHP CHP
 
District Before Elected
Beykoz AKP CHP
Beylikdüzü CHP CHP
Beyoğlu AKP CHP
Büyükçekmece CHP CHP
Çatalca AKP CHP
Çekmeköy AKP CHP
Esenler AKP AKP
Esenyurt CHP CHP
Eyüpsultan AKP CHP
Fatih AKP AKP
 
District Before Elected
Gaziosmanpaşa AKP CHP
Güngören AKP AKP
Kadıköy CHP CHP
Kâğıthane AKP AKP
Kartal CHP CHP
Küçükçekmece CHP CHP
Maltepe CHP CHP
Pendik AKP AKP
Sancaktepe AKP CHP
Sarıyer CHP CHP
 
District Before Elected
Silivri MHP CHP
Sultanbeyli AKP AKP
Sultangazi AKP AKP
Şile AKP CHP
Şişli CHP CHP
Tuzla AKP CHP
Ümraniye AKP AKP
Üsküdar AKP CHP
Zeytinburnu AKP AKP

Reactions

President Erdoğan acknowledged the AKP’s defeat in Istanbul and other cities but said that it would mark "not an end for us but rather a turning point", adding that he would respect the result. Speaking to supporters in Saraçhane [tr], İmamoğlu said that “our citizens' trust and faith in us has been rewarded".[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Erdogan names ex-minister as his party's Istanbul mayor candidate". Reuters. 7 January 2024.
  2. ^ Samson, Adam; Yackley, Ayla Jean (15 August 2023). "Istanbul mayor announces re-election bid in challenge to Erdoğan". Financial Times.
  3. ^ "Başak Demirtaş opts out of Istanbul mayoral race". Hurriyet Daily News. 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party enters Istanbul mayor's race". France 24. 9 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Things to know about the Turkish local elections that will gauge Erdogan's popularity". Associated Press. 26 March 2024.
  6. ^ "17 people detained after attack at Istanbul election campaign event, official says". Associated Press. 11 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Turkish local elections: Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory". BBC. 1 April 2024.
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