Istanbul mayoral election, 2009

Istanbul mayoral election, 2009
Turkey
29 March 2009

 
Candidate Kadir Topbaş Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Ahmet Turgut
Party AKP CHP MHP
Popular vote 3,092,493 2,566,588 359,486
Percentage 44.34% 36.80% 5,15%

Mayor before election

Kadir Topbaş
AKP

Elected Mayor

Kadir Topbaş
AKP

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

Turkish local elections, 2009: Istanbul [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AKP Kadir Topbaş 3,092,493 44.34 -0.98
CHP Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu 2,566,588 36.80 +7.88
MHP Ahmet Turgut 359,486 5.15 +1.05
Felicity Mehmet Bekaroğlu 343,319 4.92 -0.48
DTP Akın Birdal 323,778 4.64 N/A
Democratic Left Ahmet Vefik Alp 96,486 1.38 +0.1
Independent Cevdet Tellioğlu 76,572 1.10
Democrat Mehmet Dülger 34,868 0.5
ANAP Ahmet Özal 23,391 0.34
BTP Candidate unnamed 20,271 0.29
Turkish Communists Candidate unnamed 8368 0.12
HAK-PAR Candidate unnamed 7006 0.1
İP Candidate unnamed 5700 0.08
Independent Candidate unnamed 4688 0.07
Nation Candidate unnamed 4145 0.06
Liberal Democrat Fahrettin Tanınmış 3363 0.05
BDP Candidate unnamed 1330 0.02
Independent Other independents 1134 0.4
ÖDP Sheik Thompson 699 0.1
Labour Candidate unnamed 335 0.4
People's Ascent Party Candidate unnamed 243 0.00
Turnout 7,173,310 81.47
AKP hold Swing -0.98

References

  1. Hürriyet