Turkey local elections 2024

[Lykaon]

It looks as though the only disappointment(s) for the opposition will be Kırklareli (in European Turkey; an opposition stronghold in national elections) where it appears the Independent mayor will be replaced by the MHP rather than the CHP by ~1% and possibly Hatay (the bit sticking into Syria) which was being defended by the CHP and was 50/50 in the Presidential election where the AKP were expected to gain easily and which is completely neck and neck with 97% reported.

I’m confused about that one too. It has the whole province market for MHP because of Kirklareli. But just to it’s south is a bigger city LÜLEBURGAZ; which has the CHP dominating and still has outstanding ballots. The province should probably be for the CHP off Lüleburgaz alone. Is the map based solely off the capitals of the provinces and disregarding the rest?

Kirklareli city has MHP with a 400 vote lead. But Lüleburgaz has CHP with a 18000 vote lead over AKP. MHP didn’t even seriously contest most of the cities in that province

[Lykaon]

It looks as though the only disappointment(s) for the opposition will be Kırklareli (in European Turkey; an opposition stronghold in national elections) where it appears the Independent mayor will be replaced by the MHP rather than the CHP by ~1% and possibly Hatay (the bit sticking into Syria) which was being defended by the CHP and was 50/50 in the Presidential election where the AKP were expected to gain easily and which is completely neck and neck with 97% reported.

I’m confused about that one too. It has the whole province market for MHP because of Kirklareli. But just to it’s south is a bigger city LÜLEBURGAZ; which has the CHP dominating and still has outstanding ballots. The province should probably be for the CHP off Lüleburgaz alone. Is the map based solely off the capitals of the provinces and disregarding the rest?

Kirklareli city has MHP with a 400 vote lead. But Lüleburgaz has CHP with a 18000 vote lead over AKP. MHP didn’t even seriously contest most of the cities in that province

Quick explanation of how Turkish local government works. There are two types of first tier local government, Metro Municipalities and Regular Provinces. Metro Municipalities have greater powers and elect a Mayor. Regular Provinces have no power and is mostly administrative/ceremonial.
When they color a result from a Regular Province in the national map, they mean only the result in the Provincial capital (which always shares the name of the province).

As to why CHP is losing in Kirklareli? The incumbent mayor is rather unpopular, it's a local election and these things still mater.

Gotcha! So ignore the provinces and go by municipality numbers? Looks like it’ll be a decent side project for me this week to compile all the data. I’ve been unable to find a map that tallies up the combined municipal votes for the provinces in a convenient way.

Though with most of the vote in, it’s good to see the CHP winning big in the growing/heavily populated areas. A solidly pro-European Turkey would be a great thing for the Democratic world as well as for Turkey itself; especially if they can further integrate into the European economy. I think a good economy and upward mobility can nip the islamists in the arse

[Lykaon]

It looks as though the only disappointment(s) for the opposition will be Kırklareli (in European Turkey; an opposition stronghold in national elections) where it appears the Independent mayor will be replaced by the MHP rather than the CHP by ~1% and possibly Hatay (the bit sticking into Syria) which was being defended by the CHP and was 50/50 in the Presidential election where the AKP were expected to gain easily and which is completely neck and neck with 97% reported.

I’m confused about that one too. It has the whole province market for MHP because of Kirklareli. But just to it’s south is a bigger city LÜLEBURGAZ; which has the CHP dominating and still has outstanding ballots. The province should probably be for the CHP off Lüleburgaz alone. Is the map based solely off the capitals of the provinces and disregarding the rest?

Kirklareli city has MHP with a 400 vote lead. But Lüleburgaz has CHP with a 18000 vote lead over AKP. MHP didn’t even seriously contest most of the cities in that province

Quick explanation of how Turkish local government works. There are two types of first tier local government, Metro Municipalities and Regular Provinces. Metro Municipalities have greater powers and elect a Mayor. Regular Provinces have little power and is mostly administrative/ceremonial.
When they color a result from a Regular Province in the national map, they mean only the result in the Provincial capital (which always shares the name of the province).

As to why CHP is losing in Kirklareli? The incumbent mayor is rather unpopular, it's a local election and these things still mater.

Looks like Kirklareli just swung big back to the CHP
CHP 51
AKP 23
MHP 11

[Lykaon]

I heard the CHP won control of the Ankara city council. can anyone confirm?

https://www.kibrispostasi.com/c140-DAILY_NEWS/n513550-mansur-yavas-wins-in-ankara-chp-secures-majority-in-the-council

It appears they have. Though that’s to be expected with Yavas winning 60% of the vote. I’m trying to find Istanbul, Izmir, and Antalya council as well