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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
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
Date | Pollster | Sample size | Özhaseki | Yavaş | Others | Undecided | Lead |
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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 |
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Incumbent | Mustafa Tuna AK Party |
Results
Metropolitan municipality mayoral election
Overall result
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| 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 |
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Valid votes | 3,263,648 | 97.06 |
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Invalid/blank votes | 98,993 | 2.94 |
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Total votes | 3,362,641 | 100.00 |
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Registered voters/turnout | 3,925,129 | 85.67 |
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Results by district
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
Akyurt
Akyurt Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Altındağ Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Ayaş Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Bala Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Beypazarı Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Çamlıdere Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Çankaya Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Çubuk Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Elmadağ Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Etimesgut Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Evren Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Gölbaşı Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Güdül Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Haymana Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Kahramankazan Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Kalecik Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Keçiören Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Kızılcahamam Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Mamak Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Nallıhan Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Polatlı Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Pursaklar Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Sincan Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Şereflikoçhisar Municipality Mayoral Election 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
Yenimahalle Municipality Mayoral Election 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
- ^ "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.