- Title: CHP supporters celebrate as candidate leads Istanbul mayoral race
- Date: 23rd June 2019
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 23, 2019) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** MUSICIAN MARY J. BLIGE MUSICIAN JOHN LEGEND ACTRESS AND BET HOST REGINA HALL SINGER LIZZO SINGER H.E.R. BLUE CARPET WITH MEDIA AND GUESTS LIZZO PRODUCER RICK ROSS MUSICIAN JOHNNY GILL (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN, JOHNNY GILL, SAYING: "I've been here since they star
- Embargoed: 7th July 2019 17:19
- Keywords: Turkey's AK Party candidate Istanbul mayor Binali Yildirim Ekrem Imamoglu Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Location: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- City: ISTANBUL, TURKEY
- Country: Turkey
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AKK8JEV
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- Story Text: Supporters of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) celebrated the initial results of a re-run mayoral election on Sunday (June 23) that put their candidate on the course to victory, dealing one of the biggest blows to President Tayyip Erdogan during his 16 years in power.
Ekrem Imamoglu, mayoral candidate of the secularist Republican People's Party (CHP), was leading with 53.6% of votes versus 45.4% for Erdogan's AK Party (AKP) candidate, with nearly 95% of the city's ballots opened, Turkish broadcasters said.
Imamoglu had won the original mayoral election on March 31 by a narrow margin that prompted the AKP to demand a re-run, citing what it said were voting irregularities.
The High Election Board's decision to grant that request drew criticism from Turkey's Western allies and from Erdogan's opponents at home, stirring concerns about the rule of law and raising the stakes in a re-run that many Turks saw as a test of their country's democracy.
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