Elections in Turkey: none of candidates gets 50% of votes

Anadolu Agency receives data from the Supreme Electoral Council online.

The current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is currently leading with a score of 49.34%. His main opponent, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, gained 45.00%. A representative of the right-wing Ancestral Alliance, Sinan Oğan, received 5.23% of the vote.

The election turnout was 88.84%.

If none of the candidates receives 50% plus one vote today, a second round of the presidential election will be held on May 28.

As of 8:40 p.m., according to Anadolu, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan allegedly received 51.64% of the vote, while opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 42.53%, and 5.33% of voters voted for candidate Sinan Oğan.

According to the Turkish newspaper Gazete Duvar, Fatih Altayli, a well-known Turkish journalist, wrote on his social network that Erdogan's party, as he claims, is dissatisfied with the results and has already demanded a recount in some constituencies, and the results are likely to be announced with some delay.

As of 9:50 p.m., after processing more than 75% of the ballots, 50.6% of the votes were cast for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 43.52% voted for his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and 5.31% of voters chose candidate Sinan Oğan.

As of 11:15 p.m., according to Anadolu, more than 90% of the ballots have been processed. Incumbent President Recep Erdogan won 49.94% of the vote. His rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 44.3% of the vote. Another 5.31% chose candidate Sinan Oğan.

As of 01:00 a.m., after processing more than 95% of the ballots, 49.5% of the votes were cast for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 44.7% voted for his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and 5.2% of voters chose Sinan Oğan.

In addition, the mayors of Istanbul and Ankara urge not to believe the preliminary data from Anadolu.