Mayoral elections were held in the Turkish province of Ankara as part of nationwide local elections on 31 March 2019. A total of 26 mayors, one for each of the 25 districts of Ankara and one for the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, were elected.
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Initial results suggested that opposition candidate Mansur Yavaş was elected with 50% of the vote, compared to the government candidate Mehmet Özhaseki's 47%. Although the AK Party challenged the results and forced recounts in several districts, they were unable to overturn Yavaş's majority. Yavaş's victory was confirmed on 8 April 2019, when he was officially inaugurated mayor.
Candidates
editOn 27 November 2018, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) announced their metropolitan mayoral candidate to be Mehmet Özhaseki, the former mayor of Kayseri and former Minister of Environment and Urban Planning.[1] Due to the People's Alliance agreement, Özhaseki has the support of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
On 18 December, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) announced their candidate to be Mansur Yavaş, their candidate in the previous election in 2014.[2] Yavaş had narrowly lost the previous election to AKP candidate Melih Gökçek despite accusations of widespread electoral fraud, with many commentators arguing that Yavaş was the true winner of the election. Yavaş has the support of the Good Party and declared himself to be the 'Nation Alliance candidate'.
Opinion polling
editDate | Pollster | Sample size | Özhaseki | Yavaş | Others | Undecided | Lead |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 Mar 2019 | 2019 election | - | 47.1 | 50.9 | 2.0 | - | 3.8 |
16–17 Mar 2019 | Gezici | - | 47.7 | 49.8 | 2.5 | - | 2.1 |
8 March 2019 | PIAR | - | 44.6 | 54.1 | 1.3 | - | 9.5 |
8 March 2019 | Avrasya | 1,940 | 45.6 | 51.6 | 2.8 | - | 5.0 |
23–24 Feb 2019 | Gezici | - | 51.8 | 46.3 | 1.9 | - | 5.5 |
8–24 Feb 2019 | AREA | - | 45.5 | 51.2 | 3.3 | - | 5.7 |
10–16 Feb 2019 | PollMark | 5,040 | 32.0 | 42.1 | - | 25.9 | 10.1 |
31 Jan-2 Feb 2019 | PIAR | - | 35.8 | 41.7 | - | 22.5 | 5.9 |
17–31 Jan 2019 | ORC | - | 36.8 | 41.9 | 2.3 | 19.0 | 5.1 |
26–27 Jan 2019 | Gezici | - | 52.2 | 47.8 | - | - | 4.4 |
19–28 Sep 2018 | SAROS | 1,620 | 44.3 | 54.1 | 1.6 | - | 9.8 |
Alliance | People's AK Party + MHP |
Nation CHP + İYİ |
None | K.A. | K.A. | ||
Incumbent | Mustafa Tuna AK Party |
Results
editMetropolitan municipality mayoral election
editOverall result
editCandidate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mansur Yavaş | Republican People's Party | 1,662,209 | 50.93 | |
Mehmet Özhaseki | Justice and Development Party | 1,538,410 | 47.14 | |
Mesut Doğan | Felicity Party | 34,182 | 1.05 | |
Haydar Yılmaz | Democratic Left Party | 9,706 | 0.30 | |
Tülin Oygür | Patriotic Party | 6,238 | 0.19 | |
Mustafa Pak | Independent Turkey Party | 5,576 | 0.17 | |
Fatma Korur | Communist Party of Turkey | 4,629 | 0.14 | |
Sabit Tekin | Independent | 724 | 0.02 | |
Mehmet Hoşoğlu | Independent | 613 | 0.02 | |
Meriç Meydan | Independent | 504 | 0.02 | |
Mehmet Cerit | Independent | 440 | 0.01 | |
Recep Gökyer | Independent | 417 | 0.01 | |
Total | 3,263,648 | 100.00 | ||
Valid votes | 3,263,648 | 97.06 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 98,993 | 2.94 | ||
Total votes | 3,362,641 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,925,129 | 85.67 |
Results by district
editDistrict | Mansur Yavaş (CHP) |
Mehmet Özhaseki (AK Party) |
Others | Valid votes | Voter turnout | Registered electors | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# of votes | % | # of votes | % | # of votes | % | # of votes | % | # of votes | % | ||
Akyurt | 4,892 | 23.8 | 15,119 | 73.5 | 565 | 2.7 | 20,576 | 95.4 | 21,566 | 90.3 | 23,891 |
Altındağ | 73,930 | 36.1 | 126,706 | 61.9 | 4,173 | 2.0 | 204,809 | 96.4 | 212,354 | 83.9 | 253,248 |
Ayaş | 6,098 | 48.1 | 6,416 | 50.6 | 155 | 1.2 | 12,669 | 97.6 | 12,976 | 94.3 | 13,756 |
Bala | 9,831 | 39.5 | 14,690 | 59.0 | 396 | 1.6 | 24,917 | 96.3 | 25,881 | 88.6 | 29,218 |
Beypazarı | 15,567 | 48.9 | 15,717 | 49.4 | 543 | 1.7 | 31,827 | 96.9 | 32,838 | 89.8 | 36,558 |
Çamlıdere | 2,372 | 21.0 | 8,760 | 77.7 | 142 | 1.3 | 11,274 | 96.4 | 11,691 | 93.4 | 12,521 |
Çankaya | 437,982 | 76.9 | 121,982 | 21.4 | 9,610 | 1.7 | 569,574 | 98.1 | 580,704 | 85.4 | 680,264 |
Çubuk | 13,745 | 25.3 | 39,149 | 72.1 | 1,405 | 2.6 | 54,299 | 96.3 | 56,412 | 88.8 | 63,536 |
Elmadağ | 14,937 | 51.7 | 13,255 | 45.9 | 685 | 2.4 | 28,877 | 96.8 | 29,821 | 91.4 | 32,614 |
Etimesgut | 185,654 | 55.3 | 143,285 | 42.7 | 6,880 | 2.0 | 335,819 | 97.4 | 344,913 | 85.1 | 405,522 |
Evren | 956 | 36.0 | 1,662 | 62.6 | 39 | 1.5 | 2,657 | 95.7 | 2,776 | 88.9 | 3,124 |
Gölbaşı | 35,580 | 46.6 | 38,806 | 50.8 | 1,946 | 2.5 | 76,332 | 97.0 | 78,728 | 87.5 | 89,967 |
Güdül | 2,740 | 34.6 | 5,080 | 64.1 | 101 | 1.3 | 7,921 | 96.7 | 8,193 | 91.6 | 8,945 |
Haymana | 10,002 | 36.3 | 16,193 | 58.8 | 1,362 | 4.9 | 27,557 | 94.6 | 29,139 | 89.6 | 32,521 |
Kahramankazan | 11,211 | 35.2 | 20,045 | 62.9 | 608 | 1.9 | 31,864 | 96.0 | 33,203 | 90.1 | 36,841 |
Kalecik | 3,316 | 34.9 | 6,032 | 63.5 | 146 | 1.5 | 9,494 | 95.3 | 9,966 | 93.3 | 10,679 |
Keçiören | 231,671 | 44.1 | 282,801 | 53.9 | 10,503 | 2.0 | 524,975 | 96.7 | 542,744 | 84.0 | 646,023 |
Kızılcahamam | 6,848 | 28.5 | 16,706 | 69.5 | 486 | 2.0 | 24,040 | 96.7 | 24,863 | 91.5 | 27,183 |
Mamak | 187,044 | 50.2 | 179,659 | 48.2 | 6,090 | 1.6 | 372,793 | 97.2 | 383,503 | 85.6 | 448,084 |
Nallıhan | 8,554 | 44.3 | 10,356 | 53.7 | 386 | 2.0 | 19,296 | 95.9 | 20,121 | 89.6 | 22,455 |
Polatlı | 33,784 | 47.8 | 35,516 | 50.2 | 1,392 | 2.0 | 70,692 | 96.6 | 73,183 | 84.1 | 87,070 |
Pursaklar | 20,362 | 25.0 | 59,066 | 72.6 | 1,886 | 2.3 | 81,314 | 96.5 | 84,229 | 86.4 | 97,446 |
Sincan | 101,864 | 34.8 | 184,608 | 63.0 | 6,480 | 2.2 | 292,952 | 96.3 | 304,051 | 85.0 | 357,827 |
Şereflikoçhisar | 8,347 | 41.6 | 11,323 | 56.4 | 411 | 2.0 | 20,081 | 94.4 | 21,261 | 83.3 | 25,516 |
Yenimahalle | 234,922 | 57.7 | 165,478 | 40.7 | 6,639 | 1.6 | 407,039 | 97.5 | 417,525 | 86.9 | 480,320 |
Ankara | 1,662,209 | 50.9 | 1,538,410 | 47.1 | 63,029 | 1.9 | 3,263,648 | 97.1 | 3,362,641 | 85.7 | 3,925,129 |
District municipality mayoral elections
editAkyurt
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Hilal Ayık | 11,238 | 54.5 | 1.8 | |
Independent | Hakan Türkdağ | 6,488 | 31.4 | − | |
Other | n/a | 2,911 | 14.1 | − | |
Total valid votes | 20,637 | 95.7 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout | 21,557 | 90.2 | 3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 23,891 | 25.8 |
Altındağ
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Asım Balcı | 130,434 | 64.4 | 0.8 | |
İYİ | Hasan Yalçıntaş | 55,400 | 27.4 | − | |
Other | n/a | 16,608 | 8.2 | − | |
Total valid votes | 202,442 | 95.4 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 212,159 | 83.8 | 5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 253,248 | 1.7 |
Ayaş
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Burhan Demirbaş | 6,554 | 52.1 | 3.2 | |
CHP | Ali Başkaraağaç | 5,802 | 46.1 | 15.1 | |
Other | n/a | 230 | 1.8 | 18.3 | |
Total valid votes | 12,586 | 97.1 | 0.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,965 | 94.2 | 1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 13,756 | 20.1 |
Bala
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Ahmet Buran | 15,125 | 61.0 | 14.9 | |
İYİ | Necati Deli | 8,766 | 35.3 | − | |
Other | n/a | 916 | 3.7 | − | |
Total valid votes | 24.807 | 96.3 | 1.0 | ||
Turnout | 25,762 | 88.2 | 3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 29,218 | 31.7 |
Beypazarı
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Tuncer Kaplan | 15,292 | 48.3 | 3.1 | |
İYİ | Veysel Ayık | 15,179 | 48.0 | − | |
Other | n/a | 1,183 | 3.7 | − | |
Total valid votes | 31,654 | 96.7 | 1.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,750 | 89.6 | 2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 36,558 | 3.1 |
Çamlıdere
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Hazım Caner Can | 8.229 | 73.8 | 5.8 | |
İYİ | Vefa Peçenek | 2,482 | 22.3 | − | |
Other | n/a | 440 | 3.9 | − | |
Total valid votes | 11,153 | 95.9 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,631 | 92.9 | 0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,521 | 114.6 |
Çankaya
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHP | Alper Taşdelen | 418,740 | 73.5 | 8.6 | |
AK Party | Amber Türkmen | 123,222 | 21.6 | 0.0 | |
Other | n/a | 27,944 | 4.9 | 8.6 | |
Total valid votes | 569,906 | 98.2 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 580,514 | 85.3 | 4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 680,264 | 0.4 |
Çubuk
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Baki Demirbaş | 35,399 | 65.5 | 8.8 | |
İYİ | Mustafa Aydos | 9,408 | 17.4 | − | |
Other | n/a | 9,243 | 17.1 | − | |
Total valid votes | 54,050 | 95.9 | 0.2 | ||
Turnout | 56,349 | 88.7 | 4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 63,536 | 11.2 |
Elmadağ
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHP | Adem Barış Aşkın | 15,015 | 51.9 | 32.3 | |
AK Party | Gökhan Küçükçelebi | 13,305 | 46.0 | 6.5 | |
Other | n/a | 625 | 2.1 | 38.8 | |
Total valid votes | 28,945 | 97.1 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,819 | 91.4 | 2.5 | ||
Registered electors | 32,614 | 5.6 |
Etimesgut
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MHP | Enver Demirel | 164,842 | 49.6 | 9.8 | |
CHP | Celal Çelik | 152,057 | 45.7 | 25.8 | |
Other | n/a | 15,649 | 4.7 | 35.6 | |
Total valid votes | 332,548 | 96.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 344,898 | 85.1 | 6.1 | ||
Registered electors | 405,522 | 23.9 |
Evren
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Hüsamettin Ünsal | 1,675 | 63.9 | 12.6 | |
İYİ | Hakan Öcal | 918 | 35.0 | − | |
Other | n/a | 29 | 1.1 | − | |
Total valid votes | 2,622 | 95.2 | 3.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,755 | 88.2 | 1.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,124 | 29.4 |
Gölbaşı
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MHP | Ramazan Şimşek | 41,055 | 54.2 | 12.7 | |
İYİ | Mahmut Aksoy | 29,626 | 39.1 | − | |
Other | n/a | 5,101 | 6.7 | − | |
Total valid votes | 75,782 | 96.3 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 78,697 | 87.5 | 4.5 | ||
Registered electors | 89,967 | 16.7 |
Güdül
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Muzaffer Yalçın | 5,185 | 66.4 | 26.0 | |
İYİ | Nurullah Ünsal | 1,637 | 21.0 | − | |
Other | n/a | 987 | 12.6 | − | |
Total valid votes | 7,809 | 95.4 | 1.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,187 | 91.5 | 0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,945 | 23.4 |
Haymana
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Özdemir Turgut | 11,903 | 43.6 | 4.5 | |
CHP | Hacı Aysu | 5,966 | 21.9 | 17.6 | |
Other | n/a | 9,431 | 34.5 | 22.1 | |
Total valid votes | 27,300 | 94.3 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,964 | 89.1 | 1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 32,521 | 9.8 |
Kahramankazan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Serhat Oğuz | 17,145 | 53.3 | 0.1 | |
İYİ | Fazıl Köremezli | 14,483 | 45.0 | − | |
Other | n/a | 533 | 1.7 | − | |
Total valid votes | 32,161 | 96.9 | 0.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,183 | 90.1 | 4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 36,841 | 20.1 |
Kalecik
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Duhan Kalkan | 5,739 | 60.5 | 3.8 | |
CHP | Hamza Alper Gümüş | 2,928 | 30.9 | 16.1 | |
Other | n/a | 819 | 8.6 | 19.9 | |
Total valid votes | 9,486 | 95.5 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,931 | 93.0 | 1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,679 | 1.8 |
Keçiören
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Turgut Altınok | 332,396 | 63.6 | 19.8 | |
İYİ | Güçlü Şenel | 161,336 | 30.9 | − | |
Other | n/a | 28,481 | 5.5 | − | |
Total valid votes | 522,213 | 96.2 | 1.0 | ||
Turnout | 542,592 | 84.0 | 6.8 | ||
Registered electors | 646,023 | 5.9 |
Kızılcahamam
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Süleyman Acar | 14,519 | 60.3 | 6.5 | |
İYİ | Coşkun Ünal | 8,928 | 37.1 | − | |
Other | n/a | 637 | 2.6 | − | |
Total valid votes | 24,084 | 97.1 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 24,806 | 91.3 | 2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 27,183 | 23.0 |
Mamak
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Murat Köse | 187,714 | 50.4 | 2.5 | |
CHP | Adnan Demirci | 176,190 | 47.3 | 8.4 | |
Other | n/a | 8,763 | 2.3 | 10.9 | |
Total valid votes | 372,667 | 97.2 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 383,395 | 85.6 | 6.0 | ||
Registered electors | 448,084 | 11.4 |
Nallıhan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | İsmail Öntaş | 10,276 | 53.6 | 5.7 | |
İYİ | Abdülfettah Güngör | 8,501 | 44.4 | − | |
Other | n/a | 385 | 2.0 | − | |
Total valid votes | 19,162 | 95.4 | 0.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,088 | 89.5 | 2.3 | ||
Registered electors | 23,534 | 4.6 |
Polatlı
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MHP | Mürsel Yıldızkaya | 39,376 | 56.3 | 8.8 | |
CHP | Sami Çay | 26,809 | 38.4 | 32.8 | |
Other | n/a | 3,725 | 5.3 | 41.6 | |
Total valid votes | 69,910 | 95.6 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 73,156 | 84.0 | 5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 87,070 | 6.5 |
Pursaklar
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Ayhan Yılmaz | 58,567 | 72.0 | 8.4 | |
İYİ | Hüseyin Burgaz | 15,124 | 18.6 | − | |
Other | n/a | 7,601 | 9.4 | − | |
Total valid votes | 81,292 | 96.5 | 1.2 | ||
Turnout | 84,197 | 86.4 | 5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 97,446 | 18.9 |
Sincan
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Murat Ercan | 194,879 | 67.6 | 9.8 | |
İYİ | Mehmet Arslan | 75,410 | 26.2 | − | |
Other | n/a | 17,979 | 6.2 | − | |
Total valid votes | 288,268 | 95.7 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 299,123 | 84.2 | 6.9 | ||
Registered electors | 357,827 | 9.0 |
Şereflikoçhisar
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AK Party | Melih Memiş Çelik | 11,450 | 57.3 | 10.9 | |
İYİ | Ercan Ertürk Alıcıoğlu | 7,790 | 39.0 | − | |
Other | n/a | 745 | 3.7 | − | |
Total valid votes | 19,985 | 94.0 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,254 | 83.3 | 2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 25,516 | 2.6 |
Yenimahalle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CHP | Fethi Yaşar | 238,187 | 58.4 | 7.5 | |
AK Party | Veysel Tiryaki | 164,156 | 40.2 | 2.3 | |
Other | n/a | 5,873 | 1.4 | 9.8 | |
Total valid votes | 408,216 | 98.8 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout | 417,430 | 86.9 | 4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 480,320 | 10.3 |
References
edit- ^ "2019 yerel seçimleri: AKP'nin Ankara adayı Mehmet Özhaseki ve İzmir adayı Nihat Zeybekci kimdir?" [2019 local elections: Who are AKP Ankara candidate Mehmet Özhaseki and İzmir candidate Nihat Zeybekci?]. BBC News (in Turkish). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Millet İttifakı'nın Ankara adayı Mansur Yavaş" [Mansur Yavaş, the Nation Alliance's Ankara candidate]. Dünya (in Turkish). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.