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Erdogan leads in the first round after 75 percent of ballots are counted – 2024-10-07 20:51:45

/ world today news/ The incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 50.9 percent of the votes after processing the ballots from almost 75 percent of the ballot boxes, Anadolu Agency reports.

According to the data received, more than 43 percent of voters voted for his main rival, Kemal Kulçdaroğlu.

Note that data changes periodically.

At the same time, the Republican People’s Party, which is headed by Kulçdaroğlu, believes that their candidate is leading with 47.42 percent of the vote, while Erdogan, according to their data, won 46.8 percent.

On May 14, presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Turkey. There are three candidates for the presidency: the current president, 69-year-old Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is the only candidate from the Republican Alliance, 74-year-old Kemal Kulçdaroglu, from the opposition People’s Alliance, and 55-year-old Sinan Ogan, from the Ata Alliance. The fourth candidate, the leader of the State party Muharrem Ince, withdrew his candidacy three days before the election.

Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council (YSK) has promised to announce preliminary results overnight. The final results are due to be published on May 19 in the official gazette.

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