Turkey's governing AK Party decides to lodge objections to local election results in two major cities, Istanbul and Ankara, citing voting irregularities
Officials count ballots after polls closed during local elections in Istanbul, Turkey on March 31, 2019. Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party on Tuesday officially challenged poll results in Istanbul and Ankara.
"We have detected rigs and irregularities that violate the legislation and a fair election environment from the start of the voting process," Senocak said. Mansur Yavas, the CHP's mayoral candidate in Ankara, is leading with 50.91 percent of votes, according to unofficial results, with the AK Party's Mehmet Ozhaseki trailing at 47.1 percent. in Turkey's local elections by Monday, the governing Justice and Development Party-led People's Alliance leads the polls.
President Erdogan addressed his supporters from Ankara after unofficial results came in from over 50 out of 81 provinces. "There are 31,136 ballot boxes. If one vote is filled in incorrectly in each ballot box, this equals 31,136 votes, which is more than the difference," said Yildirim. Describing the election as a "success", he said: “This is an election done democratically and humanely, and success gained by this election will be welcomed not only by us but all over the world, as democracy is improving in Turkey.“We are ready to fulfil all our duties in overcoming Turkey's economic crisis," he added.According to YSK, voting started in 32 provinces at 0400 GMT and ended at 1300 GMT.
Speaking to the reporters in capital Ankara, Guven said "so far a total of 31,102 ballot box results in Istanbul have been defined to the system, 84 ballot box results have not been completed because of objections."
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