ANKARA
YALOVA / AGRI, Turkey (AA) - Vefa Salman, Republican People's Party (CHP), the main opposition candidate in the western Yalova province and the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) candidate Sirri Sakik came first in the re-run local elections on Sunday, according to the latest distribution of votes.
The local elections in Turkey's 13 localities were held after the Supreme Election Board declared the results void in the March 30 local elections, as well as one locality, Gomu, in which the election body decided to hold a by-election. Leading in Yalova was CHP taking 47.9 percent of the votes, while BDP took 51.3 percent in the Agri province.
The Justice and Development (AK) Party with 47.5 percent and 45 percent of votes in Yalova and Agri respectively, ranked second.
The distribution of votes in other 11 localities are as follows:-
| TOWN, Province |
1st Party % |
2nd Party % |
Share of opened ballot boxes %
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| BUHARKENT, Aydin |
AK Party 47.3% |
MHP 37.3% |
100% |
| GUROYMAK, Bitlis |
BDP 55.6% |
AK Party 42.7% |
100% |
| SABANOZU, Cankiri |
MHP 50.1% |
AK Party 46.4% |
100% |
| MAHMUDIYE, Eskisehir |
CHP 58.7% |
AK Party 34.2% |
100% |
| CATALZEYTIN, Kastamonu |
AK Party 51.7% |
MHP 46.8% |
100% |
| YESILYURT, Tokat |
AK Party 52.7% |
MHP 44.6% |
100% |
| AYDINTEPE, Bayburt |
MHP 54.4% |
AK Party 44.2% |
100% |
| TOWN, Province |
1st Party % |
2nd Party % |
Share of opened ballot boxes %
|
| |
|
|
|
| ASTAVUL, Corum |
CHP 49.6% |
AK Party 49.2% |
100% |
| CADIRKAYA, Erzincan |
SP 50.8% |
MHP 47.3% |
100% |
| BAGLAMA, Nigde |
CHP 49.8% |
MHP 46.8% |
100% |
| EYMIR, Yozgat |
AK Party 52.4% |
MHP 47.3% |
100% |
| GOMU, Afyon (by-election) |
AK Party 65.4% |
MHP 33.8% |
100%
|
AK Party Deputy Chairman Sentop told the Anadolu Agency (AA) that the AK Party increased its votes by 4.31 per cent compared with the March 30 election results.
"AK Party won the elections in five centers, MHP in three, BDP in two and Felicity Party (SP) in one election center. AK Party won the elections in 4 of the 13 localities except Gomu where a local re-election was not held. A change came in the Aydintepe district where MHP won the retake from the AK Party, but in the Aydin Buharkent district which was won by MHP has now been taken by the AK Party," Sentop said.
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