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2019 İzmir mayoral election

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2019 İzmir mayoral election

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Candidate Tunç Soyer Nihat Zeybekci
Party CHP AK Party
Alliance Nation People
Popular vote 1,549,032 1,031,134
Percentage 58.08% 38.66%

2019 İzmir Local Election results by district.

Mayor before election

Aziz Kocaoğlu
CHP

Elected Mayor

Tunç Soyer
CHP

Mayoral elections were held in the Turkish province of İzmir as part of nationwide local elections on 31 March 2019. A total of 31 mayors, one for each of the 30 districts of İzmir and one for the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, were elected.

Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Tunç Soyer, the former Mayor of Seferihisar, was elected as Mayor of the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, beating Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate Nihat Zeybekci by 58.1% to 38.7%. Zeybekci conceded defeat soon after Soyer built an unassailable lead.

Candidates

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On 27 November 2018, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) announced their metropolitan mayoral candidate to be Nihat Zeybekci, the former mayor of Denizli and former Minister of the Economy.[1] Due to the People's Alliance agreement, Zeybekci had the support of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).

With incumbent mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu announcing his intention to step down, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) began considering new nominees. Tunç Soyer, the serving Mayor of Seferihisar, was seen as the frontrunner and was selected on 27 January 2019 despite Kocaoğlu re-entering the race shortly before the announcement.[2] Soyer had the support of the İYİ Party and ran as the joint candidate of the Nation Alliance.

Results

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Electorate Ballot boxes
3.253.745 10.161
Candidates Results
Abbr. Party Candidate Votes %
CHP Republican People's Party Mustafa Tunç Soyer 1.549.693 58.10
AK Party Justice and Development Party Nihat Zeybekci 1.032.020 38.69
SP Felicity Party Şerafettin Kılıç 30.179 1.13
DSP Democratic Left Party Selçuk Karakülçe 20.528 0.77
DP Democratic Party Tarcan Ülük 11.369 0.43
VATAN Patriotic Party Rifat Mutlu 8.535 0.32
CPT Communist Party of Turkey Senem Doruk İnam 8.061 0.30
BTP Independent Turkey Party Mehmet Dinç 3.958 0.15
IND Independent İbrahim Demir 2.871 0.03
IND Independent Deniz Tütmez 2.871 0.03
IND Independent Yalçın Yanık 2.871 0.02
IND Independent Ali İhsan Erdenilgem 2.871 0.01
Total 2.740.742
Invalid / blank 73.528
Turnout 84.23

References

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  1. ^ "AK Parti İzmir adayı Nihat Zeybekci kimdir?". 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ "CHP'nin İzmir Büyükşehir Belediye Başkan adayı Tunç Soyer oldu (Tunç Soyer kimdir?)".