The Republican People’s Party (CHP, secular) defeats President Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP, Islamist) for the first time nationally

After counting all the votes, the cumulative result at the national level in elections for provincial councils (political vote) are the following:

CHP 37.76%

AKP 35.48%

New Welfare Party (YRP, radical Islamist, allied to AKP) 6.19%

Equality and Democracy Party (DEM, pro-Kurdish, opposition) 5.7%

Nationalist Movement Party 4.99% (extreme right, allied with AKP)

Good Party (IYI, nationalist, opposition) 3.77%

CHP ranked first in 21 de provincesAKP in 12, MHP in 8, DEM in 7, IYI, YRP and BBP (Islamist extremist) 1 each, totaling 51 provinces.

to Istanbul CHP Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was re-elected with 51.14% ahead of AKP candidate Murat Kurum, former Minister of Environment and Urbanization, with 39.59%.

to Ankara CHP mayor Mansur Yavas was re-elected with 60.38%, followed by AKP candidate Turgut Altinok with 31.69%.

CHP candidates were also in the lead in the big cities of Izmir, Bursa, Antalya and Adana. In total CHP ranked first in 14 metropolitan areascompared to 12 AKP, 3 DEM and 1 YRP.

AKP ranked first at districts won, 356, compared to 337 for CHP, 122 for MHP, 65 DEM, 39 YRP and 24 IYI.

48.2 million voters participated in the vote, o participation rate of 78.55. Voting is compulsory in Turkey, but absenteeism is virtually unsanctioned.