Voting
polls have closed in Turkey, the results of which will determine if
incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secures another five years in
office.
The main challenger to Erdogan, centre-left candidate Muharrem Ince, has warned that an Erodogan win will lead to authoritarian rule
.
This year's elections are unprecedented, as the winner of the presidency will wield executive powers — and the prime minister post booted — under a new set of reforms backed by Erdogan and later adopted after his 'yes' campaign won a referendum
.
Turkish voters have two ballots, one for the presidency, and another for parliament.
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The main challenger to Erdogan, centre-left candidate Muharrem Ince, has warned that an Erodogan win will lead to authoritarian rule
.
This year's elections are unprecedented, as the winner of the presidency will wield executive powers — and the prime minister post booted — under a new set of reforms backed by Erdogan and later adopted after his 'yes' campaign won a referendum
.
Turkish voters have two ballots, one for the presidency, and another for parliament.
- Voting has closed in the Turkish election and so far Erdogan is in the lead with around 54%, while Muharrem Ince trails behind on about 30%.
- In the parliamentary vote, AKP has garnered around 44% of the vote, while CHP are on about 22%.
- The pro-Kurdish HDP party has surpassed the 10% threshold required for their politicians to be eligible to enter parliament.
- Voter turnout has also been recorded at a whopping 87% for both the presidential and parliamentary elections.
- Reports of violence, deaths have emerge during the election. In the city of Erzurum, in eastern Turkey, Good Party representative Mehmet Sıddık Durmaz and two other party workers were shot and killed.
- Track our interactive chart as the results come in for the presidential and parliamentary elections.
- Turkey's election system explained in 90 seconds.
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