İstanbul mayoral elections, 2009

İstanbul mayoral elections, 2009

29 March 2009

200x200px Candidate Kadir Topbaş Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Party AKP CHP Popular vote 3,105,555 2,568,710 Percentage 44.71% 36.98%

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Mayor before election Kadir Topbaş AKP Elected Mayor Kadir Topbaş AKP

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.

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

Turkish local elections, 2009: Istanbul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AKP	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
	Democratic Left	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
	Turkish Communists	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
	AKP hold		Swing	0.98