ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The overall voter turnout in Turkey's local elections on Sunday reached 78 percent, slightly lower than 83 percent turnout for the presidential elections of 2023. Over 61,000,000 were eligible to cast ballots at polling stations across the country, with violence erupting at stations in the Kurdish province of Sirnak.
According to preliminary results ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) once again lost main cities Ankara and Istanbul to opposition's Republican People’s Party (CHP), additionally losing the Kurdish province of Sanliurfa (Riha).
Official preliminary results of of the votes from Turkey's local elections:
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.jpg "Adiyaman results")
.jpg "Agri results")
.jpg "Ardahan results")
.jpg "Batman results")
.jpg "Bingol results")
.jpg "Bitlisi results")
.jpg "Dersim results")
.jpg "Diyarbakir results")
).jpg "Elazig (Xarpet) results")
).jpg "Erzincan (Erzingan) results")
.jpg "Erzurum results")
).jpg "Gaziantep (Dilok) results")
)).jpg "Hakkari (Colemberg) results")
).jpg "Igdir (Idir) results")
).jpg "Kahramanmaras (Maras) results")
).jpg "Kars (Qers) results")
.jpg "Kilis results")
).jpg "Malatya (Meleti) results")
.jpg "Mardin results")
.jpg "Mus results")
.jpg "Siirt results")
.jpg "Sirnak results")
.jpg "Urfa (Riha) results")
