Politics

Election count suggests Turkey’s Erdogan may face presidential election run-off

With almost 91% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 49.9% of the vote, according to the Anadolu Agency

  • May 14, 2023
Opinion surveys indicated the increasingly authoritarian Erdogan had entered his bid for re-election trailing a challenger for the first time. Picture: Getty

Turkey’s state-run news agency says voter support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dipped below the majority required to win re-election outright, making a May 28 run-off presidential election more likely.

With almost 91% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 49.9% of the vote, according to the Anadolu Agency.

His main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, had 44.4% as the gap between the two shrank.

Votes from Sunday’s election are still getting counted across Turkey.