Turkey's ruling party talks on falsification of election results in Istanbul
By Trend
The Turkish ruling Justice and Development Party has stated about the falsification of the results of the municipal elections in Istanbul, head of the Istanbul branch of the party Bayram Senocak said.
“The Justice and Development Party has evidence that the election results in Istanbul were falsified in favor of candidate of the opposition Republican People's Party Ekrem Imamoglu,” Senocak added, Trend reports referring to the Turkish media on April 1.
He stressed that the Justice and Development Party intends to protest the election results of the mayor of Istanbul.
According to the current information, Imamoglu is ahead of candidate of the ruling party Binali Yildirim on preliminary results of the municipal elections in Istanbul.
Imamoglu gained 4.159 million votes, while Yildirim got 4.131 million votes in Istanbul.
The coalition of the ruling party and the Nationalist Movement Party gained 51.67 percent of votes in the municipal elections throughout the country.
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