Electoral history of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a Mayor of Istanbul and is the 1st leader of the Justice and Development Party and the 25th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey. He has been involved in many elections on local, leadership and nationwide stage since his first election to the Grand National Assembly in 1986.

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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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Local elections, 1994
Main article: 1994 Turkish local elections
CandidatePartyPercentageVotes
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanWelfare Party25.19973,704
İlhan KesiciMotherland Party22.14855,897
Zülfü LivaneliSocial Democratic Populist Party20.30784,693
Bedrettin DalanTrue Path Party15.46597,461
Zekeriya TemizelDemocratic Left Party12.38478,612
UnknownNationalist Movement Party1.8772,121
Ertuğrul GünayRepublican People's Party1.4054,028
UnknownGreat Union Party0.3513,662
UnknownNation Party0.3112,294
UnknownRebirth Party0.217,979
UnknownSocialist Union Party0.187,075
UnknownWorkers' Party0.135,215

General election, 2002
A wall rug of Erdogan at a rally of the Justice and Development Party
Main article: 2002 Turkish general election
Leader[1] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip ErdoğandJustice and Development Party10,808,22934.2834.28363+363
Deniz BaykalRepublican People's Party6,113,35219.3810.69178+178
Tansu ÇillerTrue Path Party3,008,9429.542.450−85
Devlet BahçeliNationalist Movement Party2,635,7878.349.640−129
Cem UzanYoung Party2,285,5987.257.2500
Mehmet AbbasoğluDemocratic People's Party1,955,2986.231.4800
Mesut YılmazMotherland Party1,609,7365.138.090−86
Recai KutanFelicity Party785,4892.4912.930−111
Bülent EcevitDemocratic Left Party384,0091.2220.970−136
İsmail Cem İpekçiNew Turkey Party361,2841.151.1500
Muhsin YazıcıoğluGreat Union Party321,0461.020.4400
Sadettin TantanHomeland Party294,5600.940.9400
Doğu PerinçekWorkers Party161,5630.510.3300
Haydar BaşIndependent Turkey Party150,3850.480.4800
Ufuk UrasFreedom and Solidarity Party106,0230.340.4600
Besim TibukLiberal Democratic Party89,3310.280.1300
Aykut EdibaliNation Party68,2710.220.0300
Aydemir GülerCommunist Party of Turkey59,1800.190.0700
−Independents310,1450.990.129+6

By-election, 2003
Main article: 2003 Turkish by-election
Leader[2] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanJustice and Development Party55,20384.8267.263+2
Deniz BaykalRepublican People's Party8,97213.794.870−1
Doğu PerinçekWorkers' Party5000.770.6300
Aydemir GülerCommunist Party of Turkey4040.620.5200

Local elections, 2004
Main article: 2004 Turkish local elections
Leader[3]PartyVotesPercentageCC members
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanJustice and Development Party13,448,58741.672.276
Deniz BaykalRepublican People's Party5,883,69618.23392
Devlet BahçeliNationalist Movement Party3,372,73210.45178
Mehmet AğarTrue Path Party3,216,7379.97156
Murat KarayalçınSocial Democratic People's Party1,662,2805.15129
Recai KutanFelicity Party1,297,7364.0219
Cem UzanYoung Party839,8972.604
Nesrin NasMotherland Party807,8422.5026
Bülent EcevitDemocratic Left Party683,7822.129
Muhsin YazıcıoğluGreat Union Party374,1251.167
−Independents234,4430.739
Haydar BaşIndependent Turkey Party154,5190.480
Aydemir GülerCommunist Party of Turkey85,1880.260
Doğu PerinçekWorkers' Party79,7740.250
İsmail CemNew Turkey Party79,5840.250
Levent TüzelLabour Party18.6950.061
Ufuk UrasFreedom and Solidarity Party12.4060.040
Aykut EdibaliNation Party8,7110.030
Yaşar AydınDemocratic Party7,8370.022
Tuğrul TürkeşBright Turkey Party3,8720.010
−Liberal Democratic Party00.000

General election, 2007
A rally of the Justice and Development Party in 2007
Main article: 2007 Turkish general election
Leader[4] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip ErdoğandJustice and Development Party16,327,29146.5812.30341–23
Deniz BaykalRepublican People's Party7,317,80820.881.49112–66
Devlet BahçeliNationalist Movement Party5,001,86914.275.9171+71
Mehmet AğarDemocratic Party1,898,8735.424.1200
–Independents1,835,4865.244.2426+18
Cem UzanYoung Party1,064,8713.044.2100
Recai KutanFelicity Party820,2892.340.1500
Haydar BaşIndependent Turkey Party182,0950.520.0400
Yaşar Nuri ÖztürkPeople's Ascent Party179,0100.510.5100
Doğu PerinçekWorkers' Party128,1480.370.1400
Oktay ÖztürkBright Turkey Party100,9820.290.2900
Aydemir GülerCommunist Party of Turkey79,2580.230.0400
Ufuk UrasFreedom and Solidarity Party52,0550.150.1900
Cem TokerLiberal Democratic Party35,3640.100.1800
Levent TüzelLabour Party26,2920.080.0800

Constitutional referendum, 2007
Main article: 2007 Turkish constitutional referendum
Options[5]VotesPercentage
YYes (supported by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan)19,422,71468.95%
NNo8,744,9431.05%

Local elections, 2009
Main article: 2009 Turkish local elections
Leader[6]PartyVotesPercentageCC members
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanJustice and Development Party15,353,55338.391889
Deniz BaykalRepublican People's Party9,229,93623.08612
Devlet BahçeliNationalist Movement Party6,386,27915.97414
Ahmet TürkDemocratic Society Party2,277,7775.70235
Numan KurtulmuşFelicity Party2,079,7015.2029
Süleyman SoyluDemocratic Party1,536,8473.8445
Zeki SezerDemocratic Left Party1,139,8782.8526
Muhsin YazıcıoğluGreat Union Party943,7652.3618
Salih UzunMotherland Party304,3610.764
–Independent172,2790.437
Haydar BaşIndependent Turkey Party167,9860.421
Doğu PerinçekWorkers' Party114,2430.290
Erkan BaşCommunist Party of Turkey85,5070.210
Hayri KozanoğluÖzgürlük ve Dayanışma Partisi67,9840.170
Levent TüzelLabour Party48,9390.121
Aykut EdibaliNation Party41,8180.100
Bayram BozyelRights and Freedoms Party29,3920.070
Yaşar Nuri ÖztürkPeople's Ascent Party6,1970.020
Cem TokerLiberal Democratic Party2,2850.010
Mustafa AyzitPeace and Democracy Party360.000

Constitutional referendum, 2010
Erdoğan during a public appearance in Diyarbakir (September 3, 2010)
Main article: 2010 Turkish constitutional referendum
Options[7]VotesPercentage
YYes (supported by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan)21,787,24457.88%
NNo15,856,79342.12%

General election, 2011
Main article: 2011 Turkish general election
Leader[8] Party Votes Percentage Swing% Seats Change
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan d Justice and Development Party 21,399,082 49.83 3.25 327 –14
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Republican People's Party 11,155,972 25.98 5.10 135 +23
Devlet Bahçeli Nationalist Movement Party 5,585,513 13.01 1.30 53 –18
– Independent 2,819,917 6.57 1.33 35 +8
Mustafa Kamalak Felicity Party 543,454 1.27 1.07 0 0
Numan Kurtulmuş People's Voice Party 329,723 0.77 0.77 0 0
Yalçın Topçu Great Union Party 323,251 0.75 0.75 0 0
Namık Kemal Zeybek Democratic Party 279,480 0.65 4.77 0 0
Osman Pamukoğlu Rights and Equality Party 124,415 0.29 0.29 0 0
Masum Türker Democratic Left Party 108,089 0.25 0.25 0 0
Çetin Özaçıkgöz True Path Party 64,607 0.15 0.15 0 0
Erkan Baş Communist Party of Turkey 64,006 0.15 0.08 0 0
Aykut Edibali Nation Party 60,716 0.14 0.14 0 0
Ahmet Reyiz Yılmaz Nationalist and Conservative Party 36,188 0.08 0.08 0 0
Selma Gürkan Labour Party 32,128 0.07 0.00 0 0
Cem Toker Liberal Democratic Party 15,222 0.04 0.06 0 0

Presidential election, 2014
Main article: 2014 Turkish presidential election
Candidate Nationwide votes % (of valid votes) Overseas votes % Customs votes % Total votes %
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan20,670,82651.65143,87362.30185,44462.7321,000,14351.79
Ekmeleddin Mehmet İhsanoğlu15,434,16738.5764,48327.9289,07030.1315,587,72038.44
Selahattin Demirtaş3,914,3599.7822,5829.7821,1077.143,958,0489.76
Invalid/blank votes
734,140-1,857-1,719-737,716–
Total
40,019,352100230,938100297,34010041,283,627100
Registered voters/turnout
52,894,11577.052,798,7268.32--55,692,84174.13
Source: YSK nationwide results, YSK overseas results, YSK customs results, YSK overall results

Presidential election, 2018
Main article: 2018 Turkish presidential election
  Summary of the 24 June 2018 presidential election in Turkey
Candidate Party Votes
# % ±
Recep Tayyip ErdoğanJustice and Development Party (AKP)26,330,82352.59+0.80
Muharrem İnceRepublican People's Party (CHP)15,340,32130.64New
Selahattin DemirtaşPeoples' Democratic Party (HDP)4,205,7948.40−1.36
Meral Akşenerİyi Party (İYİ)3,649,0307.29New
Temel KaramollaoğluFelicity Party (SP)443,7040.89New
Doğu PerinçekPatriotic Party (VP)98,9550.20New
Invalid/blank votes1,129,275––
Total51,188,524100.00–
Registered voters/turnout59,354,84086.24+12.11
Source: Hürriyet

Local elections, 2019
Main article: 2019 Turkish local elections
Party Leader Votes Percentage
Justice and Development PartyRecep Tayyip Erdoğan19,766,640% 42.73
Republican People's PartyKemal Kılıçdaroğlu13,218,754% 28.57
Nationalist Movement PartyDevlet Bahçeli3,756,245% 8.12
İyi PartyMeral Akşener3,376,292% 7.30
[[Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)|]Peoples' Democratic Party]Sezai Temelli, Pervin Buldan2,703,595% 5.84
Felicity PartyTemel Karamollaoğlu1,312,780% 2.84
Great Unity PartyMustafa Destici868,393% 1.88
Democrat PartyGültekin Uysal411,190% 0.89
Democratic Left PartyÖnder Aksakal378,706% 0.82
Independents139,989% 0.30
Independent Turkey PartyHaydar Baş126,836% 0.27
Communist Party of TurkeyAydemir Güler111,775% 0.24
Patriotic PartyDoğu Perinçek92,580% 0.20
Free Cause Partyİshak Sağlam0%0.00
Total46,263,775% 100.00

See also

References
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  2. Election results, 2003, BelgeNet, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  3. Election results. 2004, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  4. Election results, 2007, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
  5. Referendum results, 2007, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
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  7. Referendum results, 2010, Yüksek Seçim Kurulu, Retrieved 2011-05-03
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