2019 Ankara mayoral election
 | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
 Election results in the districts of Ankara | |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
_(cropped).jpg)
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.
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
[edit]On 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
[edit]| Date | 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 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Incumbent | Mustafa Tuna AK Party | ||||||
Results
[edit]Metropolitan municipality mayoral election
[edit]Overall result
[edit]| Candidate | 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
[edit]| District | 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
[edit]Akyurt
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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
[edit]| Party | 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.