Turkey Elections 2023 Live Updates | Erdogan Faces Battle For Survival |  Erdogan Vs Kilicdaroglu

Turkey Elections 2023 Live Updates | Erdogan Faces Battle For Survival | Erdogan Vs Kilicdaroglu

Turkey Elections 2023 Live Updates | Erdogan Faces Battle For Survival | Erdogan Vs Kilicdaroglu

Neither Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main rival appear to have secured 50% of the vote to win the election, with early results raising the prospect of a runoff.

The state-run Anadolu news agency reported projections based on 90.54% of the votes counted, with Erdogan at 49.86%, compared to 44.38% for the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

A third candidate, Sinan Ogan, received 5.30% of the vote, according to Anadolu, raising his chances of becoming a kingmake.face.cx">maker. He tweeted that a second referendum was “highly likely” and that “Turkish nationalists and Ataturkists are key to this election.”

Sunday’s match is the biggest challenge yet for Turkey’s formidable leader. He faces criticism and economic interventions that the impact of the devastating earthquake on February 6 was exacerbated by lax building regulations and ridiculous recovery efforts.

Six hours after polling stations closed across the country, 64 million eligible votes were still being counted.

For the first time, Turkey’s opposition has coalesced around Kilicdaroglu, a single candidate representing an electoral coalition of six opposition parties.

Earlier on Sunday, Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas, who is a vice-presidential candidate for the main opposition Nation Alliance constituency, contested Anadolu’s decisions, saying the company was unreliable. He said opposition data showed Kilikdaroglu ahead of Erdogan.

Erdogan asked his supporters on Twitter to “stay in the ballot boxes no matter what until the results are officially finalised”.

“Despite the election being held in such a positive and democratic atmosphere and counting of votes still going on, trying to hastily announce the results is a usurpation of the national will,” Erdogan tweeted.

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