2009 Istanbul mayoral election

The Istanbul mayoral election, 2009 for the office of mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkish: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı) was held on 29 March 2009 and was won by the Justice and Development Party candidate, the incumbent Kadir Topbaş.

2009 İstanbul mayoral elections

29 March 2009

Candidate Kadir Topbaş Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Party AK Party CHP Popular vote 3,105,555 2,568,710 Percentage 44.71% 36.98%

Mayor before election Kadir Topbaş AK Party Elected Mayor Kadir Topbaş AK Party

The closely fought contest was noticeable in that it helped launch the national political career of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who would go on to assume the leadership of his party.

Results

2009 Turkish local elections: Istanbul [1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Kadir Topbaş	3,105,555	44.71	0.98
	CHP	Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu	2,568,710	36.98	7.88
	MHP	Ahmet Turgut	348,269	5.01	1.05
	Felicity	Mehmet Bekaroğlu	337,014	4.85	0.48
	DTP	Akın Birdal	314,229	4.52	N/A
	DSP	Ahmet Vefik Alp	90,399	1.30	0.1
	BBP	Cevdet Tellioğlu	79,401	1.14
	Democrat	Mehmet Dülger	33,089	0.48
	ANAP	Ahmet Özal	21,690	0.32
	BTP	Sabiha Karamustafa	17,071	0.25
	HAK-PAR	Mehmet Ali Erdoğan	9,502	0.14
	TKP	Zehra Güner	7,709	0.11
	Independent	All independents	5,541	0.07
	Nation	Ahmet Aktaş	4,961	0.07
	Liberal Democrat	Fahrettin Tanınmış	3,025	0.04
Turnout			6,946,435	81.47
	AK Party hold		Swing	0.98

References

1. Hürriyet