Local elections in Turkey: 61.4 million voters
For the 31 March Local Government General Elections, voters in 32 provinces went to the polls at 07.00 Turkish time, and voting started at 08.00 in other provinces.
Turkey is going to the polls to elect local administrators who will serve for 5 years.
According to the decision of the Supreme Election Board (YSK), Adıyaman, Ağrı, Artvin, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Giresun, Gümüşhane, Hakkari, Kars, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş, Mardin, Muş, Ordu, Rize, Siirt. Voting has started in Sivas, Trabzon, Tunceli, Şanlıurfa, Van, Bayburt, Batman, Şırnak, Ardahan, Iğdır and Kilis and in penal institutions in these provinces.
Voting has started
Voting in these provinces will be completed at 16.00. Voting hours in other provinces will be 08.00-17.00.
In the election where there are 61 million 441 thousand 882 registered voters, 1 million 32 thousand 610 young people will vote for the first time. In the elections in which candidates of 34 political parties will compete, 206 thousand 845 ballot boxes were established throughout the country and approximately one thousand mobile ballot boxes were created.
In the elections in which mayors of 81 provinces, 973 districts and 390 towns and 50 thousand 336 headmen will be determined, elections for provincial council membership and municipal council membership will also be held.
34 political parties are participating in the elections. The order of the parties on the ballot paper is as follows:
AK Parti 1, İYİ Parti 2, Sol Parti 3, Büyük Birlik Partisi 4, Memleket Partisi 5, Anavatan Partisi 6, Demokratik Sol Parti 7, Yeniden Refah Partisi 8, Halkların Eşitlik ve Demokrasi Partisi (DEM Parti) 9, Türkiye Komünist Partisi 10, Anadolu Birliği Partisi 11, Zafer Partisi 12, Halkın Kurtuluş Partisi 13, Türkiye Komünist Hareketi 14, Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi 15, Gelecek Partisi 16, Yeni Türkiye Partisi 17, CHP 18, Emek Partisi 19, HÜDA PAR 20, Hak ve Özgürlükler Partisi 21, Ocak Partisi 22, Adalet Birlik Partisi 23, Demokrat Parti 24, Güç Birliği Partisi 25, Millet Partisi 26, Milli Yol Partisi 27, Adalet Partisi 28, Aydınlık Demokrasi Partisi 29, MHP 30, Türkiye İşçi Partisi 31, Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi 32, Saadet Partisi 33, Vatan Partisi 34.
(AK Party 1, İYİ Party 2, Left Party 3, Grand Unity Party 4, Homeland Party 5, Motherland Party 6, Democratic Left Party 7, Re-Welfare Party 8, People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) 9, Communist Party of Turkey 10 , Anatolian Union Party 11, Victory Party 12, People’s Liberation Party 13, Turkish Communist Movement 14, Independent Turkey Party 15, Future Party 16, New Turkey Party 17, Republican People’s Party 18, Labor Party 19, HUDA PAR 20, Rights and Freedoms Party 21, January Party 22, Justice Unity Party 23, Democrat Party 24, Unity Party Party 25, Nation Party 26, National Road Party 27, Justice Party 28, Bright Democracy Party 29, MHP 30, Turkish Labor Party 31, Democracy and Progress Party 32, Felicity Party 33, Homeland Party 34.)
Compasses in one envelope
A voter can only vote for the elections held in that electoral district.
Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Istanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Malatya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Ordu, Sakarya, Voters in Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Trabzon and Van will vote for “metropolitan mayor”, “mayor”, “municipal council member” and “headman and alderman”.
In non-metropolitan provinces, votes will be given for “provincial council membership”, “mayor”, “municipal council membership” and “headman and alderman”. In the villages, votes will be cast for “provincial council membership” and “headman and elder council”.
The ballot paper for metropolitan mayorship will be “white”, the ballot paper for provincial council membership will be “orange”, the ballot paper for mayoralty will be “blue” and the ballot paper for municipal council membership will be “yellow”. Ballot papers will be placed in a single envelope.
Mobile ballot boxes were created in this election for voters who are bedridden due to illness or disability. These voters will be able to cast their votes in mobile ballot boxes.
