Turkish President Erdogan leads election with 54.47%: Supreme Election Council

54.6% of votes counted so far, says Supreme Election Council Chairman Ahmet Yener

By Burak Bir and Beyza Binnur Donmez

ANKARA (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leading Sunday’s runoff election with 54.47% of the vote while opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu has 45.53%, with 54.6% of votes nationwide counted, according to the head of the election authority.

Ahmet Yener, chairman of the Supreme Election Council (YSK), gave the official results in the vote count so far to reporters in the capital Ankara.

More than 64.1 million Turkish citizens were registered to vote, including over 1.92 million who earlier cast their ballots at overseas polling stations.

Nearly 192,000 ballot boxes were set up for voters across Türkiye.

On May 14, no candidate won the required 50% in the first round, thus triggering Sunday’s presidential runoff, although the incumbent Erdogan took the lead with 49.52%.

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