2024 Istanbul mayoral elections
Metropolitan Municipality
2024 Istanbul mayoral election ballot 2024 Turkish Mayoral elections held on 31 March 2024
Istanbul , Turkey's largest city, held mayoral elections on 31 March 2024 as part of the 2024 Turkish local elections .[ 1] Ekrem İmamoğlu was re-elected.
Background and candidates [ edit ] This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2024 )
Ekrem İmamoğlu of the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP); İmamoğlu, when elected in 2019 , became the first non-AK Party mayor of Istanbul in 25 years.[ 1] [ 2]
On 7 January, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , President of Turkey and leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), announced its candidate, Murat Kurum .[ 1]
Başak Demirtaş , the wife of imprisoned pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) leader Selahattin Demirtaş announced her intention to run but later withdrew.[ 3] Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) named Murat Çepni and Meral Danış Beştaş as its joint mayoral candidates, with the final decision on who would lead to be left in the event of them winning the election.[ 4]
Both İmamoğlu and Kurum have pledged to implement infrastructure projects to reinforce buildings against earthquakes and to ease chronic traffic congestion in the city.[ 5]
On 10 February, gunmen opened fire at a campaign event in the Küçükçekmece district municipality for AK Party mayoral candidate Aziz Yeniay, critically injuring one person. Seventeen people were arrested in connection with the attack.[ 6]
Metropolitan municipality mayoral election [ edit ] Candidate Party Votes % Ekrem İmamoğlu Republican People's Party 4,438,727 51.21 Murat Kurum Justice and Development Party 3,431,871 39.59 Mehmet Altınöz New Welfare Party 226,731 2.62 Azmi Karamahmutoğlu Victory Party 183,901 2.12 Meral Danış Beştaş DEM Party 183,827 2.12 Mehmet Satuk Buğra Kavuncu Good Party 54,241 0.63 Birol Aydın Felicity Party 48,897 0.56 Emre Berk Hacıgüzeller Homeland Party 14,860 0.17 İdris Şahin Democracy and Progress Party 11,417 0.13 Burhanettin Aktürk New Turkey Party 10,407 0.12 Mustafa Aytaş Rights and Freedoms Party 8,769 0.10 Cihan Erdoğanyılmaz Independent Turkey Party 8,534 0.10 Orhan Gökdemir Communist Party of Turkey 7,408 0.09 Nesim Pakır Democratic Left Party 5,273 0.06 İbrahim Okan Özkan Patriotic Party 4,904 0.06 Vedat Taylan Yıldız Independent 4,748 0.05 Umut Çınar Motherland Party 2,992 0.03 Osman Tekin Anatolian Unity Party 2,185 0.03 Hasan Hüsnü Güner Nation Party 2,025 0.02 Ziya İncedere Communist Movement of Turkey 1,951 0.02 Muharrem Mutlu Justice Unity Party 1,827 0.02 Merve Karataş Independent 1,652 0.02 Ishak Akbay Independent 1,263 0.01 Hüseyin Işık National Path Party 1,135 0.01 Hülya Kavuzlu Karaman Independent 1,090 0.01 Adem Bayraktar Independent 970 0.01 Vedat Öztürk Independent 889 0.01 Galip Menteşe Independent 782 0.01 Osman Çelik Hearth Party 699 0.01 Memet Ali Aydoğmuş Independent 332 0.00 Fatma Ragibe Kanıkuru Loğoğlu Independent 279 0.00 Abdullah Arli Independent 260 0.00 Sena Elest Akıncı Independent 243 0.00 Orhan Çebi Independent 232 0.00 Habip Aksu Independent 203 0.00 Bilen Akpınar Independent 192 0.00 Yaşar Polat Independent 187 0.00 Burak Emre Çetin Independent 185 0.00 Cemal Tarancı Independent 180 0.00 Güven Akıcı Independent 179 0.00 Polat Erdoğan Independent 160 0.00 Atakan Bozyayla Independent 154 0.00 Yüksel Özden Independent 152 0.00 Ömer Karvan Independent 148 0.00 Ahmet Soytürk Independent 140 0.00 Hüseyin Durmaz Independent 136 0.00 Mirhat Tekin Brusk Independent 127 0.00 Uğur Etlik Independent 119 0.00 Ahmet Birikmen Independent 111 0.00 Total 8,667,694 100.00 Valid votes 8,667,694 96.63 Invalid/blank votes 302,683 3.37 Total votes 8,970,377 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 11,314,534 79.28 Source: Supreme Election Council of Turkey
Results by district [ edit ]
District
Ekrem İmamoğlu (CHP)
Murat Kurum
(AK Party)
Others
Total votes
Registered electors
# of votes
%
# of votes
%
# of votes
%
# of votes
Adalar 7,336
69.7
2,483
23.6
711
6.7
10,530
13,682
Arnavutköy
64,466
38.1
81,777
48.3
23,155
13.6
169,398
225,240
Ataşehir 141,517
57.5
87,040
35.4
17,574
5.1
246,131
314,652
Avcılar 126,020
55.9
80,660
35.7
18,979
8.4
225,659
302,286
Bağcılar
150,182
39.1
189,378
49.3
44,269
11.6
383,829
511,524
Bahçelievler 152,758
47.8
137,241
42.9
29,683
9.3
319,682
420,018
Bakırköy 97,516
74.4
26,721
20.4
6,846
5.2
131,083
167,960
Başakşehir
104,705
42.7
114,207
46.5
26,506
10.8
245,418
324,937
Bayrampaşa 77,231
49.0
65,972
41.9
14,279
9.1
157,482
199,743
Beşiktaş 84,583
81.3
14,985
14.4
4,474
4.3
104,042
132,536
Beykoz 74,132
49.6
64,127
42.9
11,092
7.5
149,351
186,911
Beylikdüzü 117,062
55.6
76,216
36.2
17,423
8.2
210,701
274,115
Beyoğlu 60,433
49.4
50,889
41.6
11,135
9.0
122,457
165,518
Büyükçekmece 81,943
53.2
60,153
39.0
4,849
7.8
154,145
198,947
Çatalca 30,894
59.7
18,635
36.0
2,193
4.3
51,722
62,666
Çekmeköy 84,809
50.4
68,927
41.0
14,403
8.6
168,139
213,259
Esenler
86,333
36.9
121,130
51.7
26,702
11.4
234,165
308,902
Esenyurt 227,899
49.5
173,591
37.7
58,641
12.8
460,131
642,455
Eyüpsultan 126,709
52.5
94,803
39.3
19,840
8.2
241,352
309,535
Fatih 87,997
45.7
87,890
45.6
16,888
8.7
192,775
262,108
Gaziosmanpaşa 119,639
45.1
117,660
44.3
28,294
10.6
265,533
353,813
Güngören
64,550
44.4
66,706
45.9
14,024
9.7
145,280
194,056
Kadıköy 252,095
81.3
44,886
14.5
12,960
4.2
309,941
385,032
Kağıthane 114,573
46.1
108,948
43.8
25,027
10.1
248,548
329,357
Kartal 162,889
56.4
102,612
35.5
23,295
8.1
288,796
365,155
Küçükçekmece 233,897
54.1
152,733
35.3
45,891
10.6
432,521
568,586
Maltepe 191,962
61.7
98,387
31.6
20,815
6.7
311,164
395,769
Pendik 190,139
45.4
187,155
44.7
41,277
9.9
418,571
545,549
Sancaktepe 132,555
49.8
108,315
40.7
25,141
9.5
266,011
344,529
Sarıyer 119,916
59.3
69,582
34.4
12,765
6.3
202,263
259,165
Silivri 72,181
59.0
41,042
33.6
9,030
7.4
122,253
149,568
Sultanbeyli
58,509
32.0
100,740
55.0
23,770
13.0
183,019
246,463
Sultangazi
114,265
40.1
135,563
47.6
34,914
12.3
284,742
374,689
Şile 16,514
52.6
12,960
41.3
1,908
6.1
31,382
37,354
Şişli 104,819
70.0
35,380
23.6
9,622
6.4
149,821
201,665
Tuzla 86,078
52.4
63,415
38.6
14,973
9.0
164,466
208,680
Ümraniye 190,694
46.5
181,776
44.3
37,896
9.2
410,366
529,849
Üsküdar 163,765
52.0
128,881
40.9
22,532
7.1
315,178
401,184
Zeytinburnu 65,162
47.0
58,305
42.0
15,289
11.0
138,756
187,077
Istanbul 4,438,727
51.2
3,431,871
45.6
797,096
3.2
8,667,694
11,314,534
President Erdoğan acknowledged the AK Party’s defeat in Istanbul and other cities but said that it would mark "not an end for us but rather a turning point", adding that he would respect the result. Speaking to supporters in Saraçhane [tr ] , İmamoğlu said that “our citizens' trust and faith in us has been rewarded".[ 7]
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