How did Turks living abroad vote in Turkey?

Adeyemi Adeyemi

Global Courant 2023-05-29 15:18:47

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won his reelection on Sunday in a heavily contested runoff election.

With more than 99 percent of both domestic and international votes counted, Erdogan secured 52.16 percent of the vote and challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu 47.84 percent.

Erdogan, who dominated Turkish politics for 20 years, will now serve another five-year term.

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The results are shown below.

Domestic election results

Erdogan won 52 of the country’s 81 provinces, one more than in the first round.

Kilicdaroglu repeated his first-round performance by winning Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, and the capital, Ankara.

At 85.7 percent, domestic voter turnout was about 3 percent lower than in the first round on 14 May.

International election results

Just over 1.7 million of the 3.4 million eligible Turks living abroad voted in the second round, which ran from May 21 to 24.

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With 95 percent of the ballot boxes open, Erdogan received 59.4 percent of the international vote, while Kilicdaroglu had 40.6 percent.

The map below shows the results of the votes in the second round. Hover over each of the countries for a more detailed breakdown of the results. Note that not all countries have reported their full results.

Countries where more Turkish citizens voted for Erdogan:

The bulk of Erdogan’s international votes came from citizens living in major diaspora countries in Europe, including Germany, France and the Netherlands, as well as the Middle East and North Africa.

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In Germany, home to 1.5 million eligible voters, Erdogan won about 67 percent of the vote.

At 95 percent, Turkish voters in Lebanon accounted for the highest percentage of the Erdogan vote, followed by Jordan (90 percent) and Egypt (78 percent).

More Turks living in the following countries preferred Erdogan:

Lebanon (95.28%), Jordan (90.37%), Egypt (78.59%), Belgium (74.91%), Pakistan (73.91%), Austria (73.88%), Kyrgyzstan ( 71.34%), Netherlands (70.45%), Saudi Arabia (69.3%), Germany (67.36%), France (66.57%), Libya (66.28%), Kuwait ( 64.61%), Qatar (61.71%), Luxembourg (60.64%), Denmark (60.47%), Algeria (58.96%) %), Morocco (58.58%), Iraq ( 58.42%), Uzbekistan (57.55%), Malaysia (57.11%), Iran (55.1%), Norway (54.23%), Azerbaijan (53.59%), Bosnia and Herzegovina ( 51.24%) %) and Tanzania (50.45%).

(Al Jazeera)

Countries where more Turkish citizens voted for Kilicdaroglu:

Kilicdaroglu dominated in many parts of Europe and North America, taking more than 80 percent of the vote in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and many parts of southern and eastern Europe.

The majority of Turks living in the following countries preferred Kilicdaroglu:

Portugal (94.65%), Estonia (94.17%), Ireland (91.2%), Poland (90.02%), Czech Republic (89.28%), Lithuania (89.07%), Singapore ( 88.75%), New Zealand (86.01%), Montenegro (84.63%), USA (82.57%), Greece (81.55%), Thailand (81.52%), Canada ( 80.86%), UK (80.38%), Hungary (76.94%), Malta (76.9%), Brazil (74.59%), Belarus (74.43%), Italy ( 74.13%), Israel (74.07%), South Africa (73.05%), Bulgaria (72.47%), China (71.99%), Bahrain (71.5%), Spain ( 71.1%) %), Finland (70.55%), Georgia (66.67%), Albania (65.71%), Oman (65.56%), United Arab Emirates (64.72%), Japan (63.48%), Romania (59.67%), Nigeria (59.6%) %), Serbia (59.19%), Ukraine (58.33%), Cyprus (58.15%), Switzerland (57.18%), Moldova (57.14%), Kosovo (56.9%), Australia (56.29%), Russia (54.81%), North Macedonia (54.62%), Sweden (53.08%), Turkmenistan (52.24%) and Kazakhstan (52.18%).

(Al Jazeera) (TagsToTranslate)News

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