Sun 14 May 2023:
With around 77.9% of the ballot boxes counted, preliminary results put Erdoğan ahead in nine of 11 provinces in the quake zone, including Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and Elazığ.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party-led (AK Party) People’s Alliance were ahead in the presidential and parliamentary polls in Türkiye’s southern region devastated by Feb. 6 twin earthquakes, according to initial results Sunday.
The quakes ripped through 11 provinces and killed over 50,000 people, toppling hundreds of thousands of buildings and severely damaging the southeastern region’s infrastructure.
With around 77.9% of the ballot boxes counted, preliminary results put Erdoğan ahead in nine of 11 provinces in the quake zone, including Adıyaman, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Şanlıurfa and Elazığ.
In comparison, opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçadorğlu was ahead in Adana and Diyarbakır provinces.
As for the parliamentary elections, preliminary results placed the People’s Alliance ahead in all provinces except for Diyarbakır, which was dominated by the Green Left Party (YSP) with about 61.39 % of the ballot boxes counted.
More than 64 million people, including 3.4 million overseas voters, were eligible to vote. This year marks 100 years since Türkiye’s establishment as a republic.
Voter turnout in Türkiye is traditionally strong.
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