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 be elected.

2019 Ankara mayoral election

31 March 2019

Candidate Mansur Yavaş Mehmet Özhaseki Party CHP AK Party Alliance Nation Alliance People's Alliance Popular vote 1,662,209 1,538,410 Percentage 50.9% 47.1%

Election results in the districts of Ankara

Mayor before election Mustafa Tuna AK Party Elected Mayor Mansur Yavaş CHP

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 AKP 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 İYİ 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   AKP +   MHP	Nation   CHP +   İYİ	None	N/A	N/A
Incumbent			Mustafa Tuna   AKP

Results

Overall result

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CHP	Mansur Yavaş	1,662,209	50.9	7.1
	AK Party	Mehmet Özhaseki	1,538,410	47.1	2.3
	Other	n/a	63,029	1.9	9.5
Total valid votes			3,263,648	97.1	0.9
Turnout			3,362,641	85.7	5.4
Registered electors			3,925,129		8.8

Results by district

District	Mansur Yavaş (CHP)		Mehmet Özhaseki (AK Parti)		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

Akyurt

Akyurt Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Hilal Ayık	11,238	54.5	1.8
	Independent	Hakan Türkdağ	6,488	31.4	-
	Other	n/a	2,911	14.1	-
Total valid votes			20,637	95.7	0.9
Turnout			21,557	90.2	3.7
Registered electors			23,891		25.8

Altındağ

Altındağ Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Asım Balcı	130,434	64.4	0.8
	İYİ	Hasan Yalçıntaş	55,400	27.4	-
	Other	n/a	16,608	8.2	-
Total valid votes			202,442	95.4	0.1
Turnout			212,159	83.8	5.6
Registered electors			253,248		1.7

Ayaş

Ayaş Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Burhan Demirbaş	6,554	52.1	3.2
	CHP	Ali Başkaraağaç	5,802	46.1	15.1
	Other	n/a	230	1.8	18.3
Total valid votes			12,586	97.1	0.4
Turnout			12,965	94.2	1.4
Registered electors			13,756		20.1

Bala

Bala Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Ahmet Buran	15,125	61.0	14.9
	İYİ	Necati Deli	8,766	35.3	-
	Other	n/a	916	3.7	-
Total valid votes			24.807	96.3	1.0
Turnout			25,762	88.2	3.0
Registered electors			29,218		31.7

Beypazarı

Beypazarı Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Tuncer Kaplan	15,292	48.3	3.1
	İYİ	Veysel Ayık	15,179	48.0	-
	Other	n/a	1,183	3.7	-
Total valid votes			31,654	96.7	1.3
Turnout			32,750	89.6	2.1
Registered electors			36,558		3.1

Çamlıdere

Çamlıdere Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Hazım Caner Can	8.229	73.8	5.8
	İYİ	Vefa Peçenek	2,482	22.3	-
	Other	n/a	440	3.9	-
Total valid votes			11,153	95.9	2.4
Turnout			11,631	92.9	0.9
Registered electors			12,521		114.6

Çankaya

Çankaya Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CHP	Alper Taşdelen	418,740	73.5	8.6
	AK Party	Amber Türkmen	123,222	21.6	0.0
	Other	n/a	27,944	4.9	8.6
Total valid votes			569,906	98.2	0.8
Turnout			580,514	85.3	4.6
Registered electors			680,264		0.4

Çubuk

Çubuk Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Baki Demirbaş	35,399	65.5	8.8
	İYİ	Mustafa Aydos	9,408	17.4	-
	Other	n/a	9,243	17.1	-
Total valid votes			54,050	95.9	0.2
Turnout			56,349	88.7	4.3
Registered electors			63,536		11.2

Elmadağ

Elmadağ Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CHP	Adem Barış Aşkın	15,015	51.9	32.3
	AK Party	Gökhan Küçükçelebi	13,305	46.0	6.5
	Other	n/a	625	2.1	38.8
Total valid votes			28,945	97.1	0.7
Turnout			29,819	91.4	2.5
Registered electors			32,614		5.6

Etimesgut

Etimesgut Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MHP	Enver Demirel	164,842	49.6	9.8
	CHP	Celal Çelik	152,057	45.7	25.8
	Other	n/a	15,649	4.7	35.6
Total valid votes			332,548	96.4	0.0
Turnout			344,898	85.1	6.1
Registered electors			405,522		23.9

Evren

Evren Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Hüsamettin Ünsal	1,675	63.9	12.6
	İYİ	Hakan Öcal	918	35.0	-
	Other	n/a	29	1.1	-
Total valid votes			2,622	95.2	3.0
Turnout			2,755	88.2	1.8
Registered electors			3,124		29.4

Gölbaşı

Gölbaşı Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MHP	Ramazan Şimşek	41,055	54.2	12.7
	İYİ	Mahmut Aksoy	29,626	39.1	-
	Other	n/a	5,101	6.7	-
Total valid votes			75,782	96.3	0.3
Turnout			78,697	87.5	4.5
Registered electors			89,967		16.7

Güdül

Güdül Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Muzaffer Yalçın	5,185	66.4	26.0
	İYİ	Nurullah Ünsal	1,637	21.0	-
	Other	n/a	987	12.6	-
Total valid votes			7,809	95.4	1.0
Turnout			8,187	91.5	0.4
Registered electors			8,945		23.4

Haymana

Haymana Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Özdemir Turgut	11,903	43.6	4.5
	CHP	Hacı Aysu	5,966	21.9	17.6
	Other	n/a	9,431	34.5	22.1
Total valid votes			27,300	94.3	0.8
Turnout			28,964	89.1	1.2
Registered electors			32,521		9.8

Kahramankazan

Kahramankazan Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Serhat Oğuz	17,145	53.3	0.1
	İYİ	Fazıl Köremezli	14,483	45.0	-
	Other	n/a	533	1.7	-
Total valid votes			32,161	96.9	0.7
Turnout			33,183	90.1	4.2
Registered electors			36,841		20.1

Kalecik

Kalecik Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Duhan Kalkan	5,739	60.5	3.8
	CHP	Hamza Alper Gümüş	2,928	30.9	16.1
	Other	n/a	819	8.6	19.9
Total valid votes			9,486	95.5	0.1
Turnout			9,931	93.0	1.5
Registered electors			10,679		1.8

Keçiören

Keçiören Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Turgut Altınok	332,396	63.6	19.8
	İYİ	Güçlü Şenel	161,336	30.9	-
	Other	n/a	28,481	5.5	-
Total valid votes			522,213	96.2	1.0
Turnout			542,592	84.0	6.8
Registered electors			646,023		5.9

Kızılcahamam

Kızılcahamam Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Süleyman Acar	14,519	60.3	6.5
	İYİ	Coşkun Ünal	8,928	37.1	-
	Other	n/a	637	2.6	-
Total valid votes			24,084	97.1	1.7
Turnout			24,806	91.3	2.0
Registered electors			27,183		23.0

Mamak

Mamak Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Murat Köse	187,714	50.4	2.5
	CHP	Adnan Demirci	176,190	47.3	8.4
	Other	n/a	8,763	2.3	10.9
Total valid votes			372,667	97.2	1.2
Turnout			383,395	85.6	6.0
Registered electors			448,084		11.4

Nallıhan

Nallıhan Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	İsmail Öntaş	10,276	53.6	5.7
	İYİ	Abdülfettah Güngör	8,501	44.4	-
	Other	n/a	385	2.0	-
Total valid votes			19,162	95.4	0.4
Turnout			20,088	89.5	2.3
Registered electors			23,534		4.6

Polatlı

Polatlı Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MHP	Mürsel Yıldızkaya	39,376	56.3	8.8
	CHP	Sami Çay	26,809	38.4	32.8
	Other	n/a	3,725	5.3	41.6
Total valid votes			69,910	95.6	0.3
Turnout			73,156	84.0	5.8
Registered electors			87,070		6.5

Pursaklar

Pursaklar Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Ayhan Yılmaz	58,567	72.0	8.4
	İYİ	Hüseyin Burgaz	15,124	18.6	-
	Other	n/a	7,601	9.4	-
Total valid votes			81,292	96.5	1.2
Turnout			84,197	86.4	5.7
Registered electors			97,446		18.9

Sincan

Sincan Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Murat Ercan	194,879	67.6	9.8
	İYİ	Mehmet Arslan	75,410	26.2	-
	Other	n/a	17,979	6.2	-
Total valid votes			288,268	95.7	0.3
Turnout			299,123	84.2	6.9
Registered electors			357,827		9.0

Şereflikoçhisar

Şereflikoçhisar Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AK Party	Melih Memiş Çelik	11,450	57.3	10.9
	İYİ	Ercan Ertürk Alıcıoğlu	7,790	39.0	-
	Other	n/a	745	3.7	-
Total valid votes			19,985	94.0	0.1
Turnout			21,254	83.3	2.7
Registered electors			25,516		2.6

Yenimahalle

Yenimahalle Municipality Mayoral Election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CHP	Fethi Yaşar	238,187	58.4	7.5
	AK Party	Veysel Tiryaki	164,156	40.2	2.3
	Other	n/a	5,873	1.4	9.8
Total valid votes			408,216	98.8	0.9
Turnout			417,430	86.9	4.6
Registered electors			480,320		10.3

References

1. "2019 yerel seçimleri: AKP'nin Ankara adayı Mehmet Özhaseki ve İzmir adayı Nihat Zeybekci kimdir?" [2019 local elections: Who are AKP Ankara candidate Mehmet Özhaseki and İzmir candidate Nihat Zeybekci?]. BBC News (in Turkish). 27 November 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
2. "Millet İttifakı'nın Ankara adayı Mansur Yavaş" [Mansur Yavaş, the Nation Alliance's Ankara candidate]. Dünya (in Turkish). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2020.