Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is gaining 54.47% after processing 54.60% of the votes, his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu – 45.53%. This was announced by the head of the country’s Higher Electoral Commission Ahmet Yener.
He clarified that 26 million 781 thousand 551 votes have now been counted, of which 26 million 412 thousand 590 are valid.
Yener also urged to wait for the official preliminary results and added that there are no problems with processing the incoming voting data.
Recall that more than 64.1 million voters registered to participate in these elections, 1.92 million of them voted in advance abroad.
The current head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for over 20 years, and opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu fought for the presidency.
Recall that the first round of elections took place on May 14. It was decided to organize a second round after none of the three candidates passed the mark of 50% of the vote. Then Erdogan scored 49.4%, Kılıçdaroglu – 44.88%. Another nationalist candidate, Sinan Ogan, won 5.17% of the vote. He later announced that he would support Erdogan in the second round.
The presidential elections were held against the backdrop of economic problems in the country. So, over the past year, prices in Turkey have grown by almost 65%, while the Turkish lira has weakened by 80% in five years. Another problem for Erdogan was the earthquake in February this year, which killed 50 thousand people and left more than 1.5 million homeless.
Meanwhile, Erdogan began to be congratulated on his victory in the elections. Among the first are the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Source: Rosbalt
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