Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council confirmed this Monday the victory of the Republican People’s Party (CHP, the opposition) in Sunday’s municipal elections with a lead of just over two points over the Justice and Development Party (AKP, in power).
Council President Ahmet Yener noted that the CHP won in 35 provinces, with decisive victories in Ankara and Istanbul, while the AKP under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan captured 24 regions despite retaining power in 324 municipal councils. more than its direct competitor.
The Equality and Democracy Party (DEM), successor to the left-wing and pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), guaranteed its mobilization capacity and, according to preliminary results, won ten provinces in Kurdish-majority regions.
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