2019 Ankara mayoral election
2019 Ankara mayoral election
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
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
Metropolitan municipality mayoral election
Overall result
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
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
Altındağ
Ayaş
Bala
Beypazarı
Çamlıdere
Çankaya
Çubuk
Elmadağ
Etimesgut
Evren
Gölbaşı
Güdül
Haymana
Kahramankazan
Kalecik
Keçiören
Kızılcahamam
Mamak
Nallıhan
Polatlı
Pursaklar
Sincan
Şereflikoçhisar
Yenimahalle
References