2009 Istanbul mayoral election

2009 İstanbul mayoral elections

29 March 2009

File:Kılıçdaroğlu (cropped).jpg Candidate Kadir Topbaş Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Party AK Party CHP Popular vote 3,105,555 2,568,710 Percentage 44.71% 36.98%

Mayor before election Kadir Topbaş AK Party Elected Mayor Kadir Topbaş AK Party

The Istanbul mayoral election, 2009 for the office of mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkish: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı) was held on 29 March 2009 and was won by the Justice and Development Party candidate, the incumbent Kadir Topbaş.

The closely fought contest was noticeable in that it helped launch the national political career of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who would go on to assume the leadership of his party.

Results

2009 Turkish local elections: Istanbul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Kadir Topbaş	3,105,555	44.71	0.98
	CHP	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	2,568,710	36.98	7.88
	MHP	Ahmet Turgut	348,269	5.01	1.05
	SAADET	Mehmet Bekaroğlu	337,014	4.85	0.48
	DTP	Akın Birdal	314,229	4.52	N/A
	DSP	Ahmet Vefik Alp	90,399	1.30	0.1
	Büyük Birlik	Cevdet Tellioğlu	79,401	1.14
	DP	Mehmet Dülger	33,089	0.48
	AP	Ahmet Özal	21,690	0.32
	BTP	Sabiha Karamustafa	17,071	0.25
	HAK-PAR	Mehmet Ali Erdoğan	9,502	0.14
	Communist_Party_of_Turkey_(today)	Zehra Güner	7,709	0.11
	Independent	All independents	5,541	0.07
	MP	Ahmet Aktaş	4,961	0.07
	Liberal Democrat	Fahrettin Tanınmış	3,025	0.04
Turnout			6,946,435	81.47
	AK Party hold		Swing	0.98