Voting ends in Türkiye run-off presidential 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 has ended across Türkiye for round two of the country’s presidential elections. The polls were opened at 0800 am local time (0500GMT) and closed at 1700 pm (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 is facing 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 run-off 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.