Turkiet presidentval 2023
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Turkish presidential election candidate nominations
In the lead up to the Turkish presidential election, discussions took place around the nomination of presidential candidates.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the incumbent president and leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), announced that he would run as the presidential candidate of the electoral alliance, the People's Alliance. Other parties of the People's Alliance, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and the Great Unity Party (BBP), supported Erdoğan's candidacy. This was Erdoğan's third presidential campaign, following two prior successful campaigns in and
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the Republican People's Party and the Main Opposition Leader since , was the joint candidate of the Nation Alliance. The Nation Alliance was a newly created electoral alliance of opposition parties consisting of the Table of Six: the Republican People's Party, the Good Party, the Democrat Party, the Felicity Party, DEVA Party and the Future Party. The Alliance held its nomination meeting on 2 March , with an official announcement confirming Kılıçdaroğlu as its joint candidate occurring on 6 March
Muharrem İnce, who was the pres
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Turkish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Turkey in May , alongside parliamentary elections, to elect a president for a term of five years.[1] Dubbed the most important election of ,[2][3] the presidential election went to a run-off for the first time in Turkish history.[4] The election had originally been scheduled to take place on 18 June, but the government moved them forward by a month to avoid coinciding with the university exams, the Hajj pilgrimage and the start of the summer holidays.[5] It is estimated that a total of 64&#;million voters had the right to cast their votes in elections, &#;million in Turkey and &#;million abroad.[6]
Incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) ran for re-election as the joint candidate of the People's Alliance, which includes the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and two other smaller parties. The Nation Alliance, composed of six opposition parties including the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), fielded CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu as its presidential candidate. Though not part of the alliance
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Turkey election results by the numbers
Turkey’s presidential election fryst vatten headed for a run-off vote on May 28 after no candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took percent of Sunday’s vote, with his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, getting percent, Turkey’s Supreme Election Council said on Monday.
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end of listMore than 64 million people were eligible to vote to elect a president and parliament for a five-year term.
The results of the elections are shown below.
Map of results:
How voting works in Turkey
In July , a month after Erdogan won the presidency, Turkey transitioned from a parliamentary to a presidential system, abolishing the brev of prime minister. Presidential and parliamentary elections are held on the same day every five years.
There are three presidential candidates: Recep Tayyip