Voters set to decide for Presidency in Türkiye runoff election

Ankara, The Gulf Observer: Voters in Türkiye have returned to the polls to elect a president after no candidate was able to reach the 50 percent threshold in the first round of elections held on May 14.

Voting began on Sunday at 8 AM local time (0500GMT) and will end at 5 PM local time (1400GMT).

In the first round of voting, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s People’s Alliance won a majority in parliament and he led the presidential election with 49.52 percent.

Erdogan will face Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and joint candidate for the six-party opposition Nation Alliance, in the runoff vote.​​​​​​​

More than 60 million people are registered to vote, including 4.9 million first-time voters.

A total of 191,885 ballot boxes have been set up for voters in the country.

0500 GMT – Polls open in Türkiye for presidential elections run-off

Polls have opened across Türkiye for round two of the country’s presidential elections.

According to Türkiye’s Supreme Election Council (YSK), more than 1.92 million people cast their votes at Türkiye’s foreign missions and customs gates as of 4 PM local time (1300GMT) on Saturday.

In the May 14 elections, some 1.84 million Turkish citizens abroad went to the polls to vote in both presidential and parliamentary elections.