Turkish President Erdogan leads election with 53.4%: Supreme Election Council

President Erdogan’s supporters take to streets in celebration across Türkiye as unofficial election council results show him leading in historic presidential runoff

Ankara, The Gulf Observer: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is leading Sunday’s runoff election with 53.41% of the vote while opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu has 46.59%, with 75.42% of votes nationwide counted, according to the head of the election authority.

75.42% of votes counted so far, says Supreme Election Council Chairman Ahmet Yener

Ahmet Yener, chairman of the Supreme Election Council (YSK), gave the official results of 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.