Head of Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council, (YSK) says it is recounting votes in 18 districts of Istanbul following weekend local elections. Nationwide, the 57 million-strong electorate voted for representatives in 81 provinces and some 1,000 towns
Officials begin the process of counting ballots after polls closed during local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, March 31, 2019. Invalid votes cast in 15 districts of Istanbul in Turkey's local elections, as well as all the votes cast in three districts, are being recounted, Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday.
Earlier, the district electoral councils of Sile, Bayrampasa, Atasehir, Umraniye, Beykoz, Fatih and Gaziosmanpasa decided to reassess votes that were initially deemed invalid after the governing Justice and Development Party filed appeals with the councils. In the Istanbul mayor’s race, Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People’s Party , with 48.79 percent of the votes, currently has a narrow lead over the AK Party’s Binali Yildirim, with 48.51 percent.
President Erdogan addressed his supporters from Ankara after unofficial results came in from over 50 out of 81 provinces. He said invalid votes outnumber vote difference tenfold, adding that Turkish election council to have final say.Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Bayram Senocak, the AK Party's Istanbul provincial head, said his party had "plenty of" evidence showing irregularities in the votes and added that it was evident these irregularities had an impact on the outcome.Turkey's main opposition leader said late on Sunday that people sided with democracy during the local elections.
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