At 16:00 our time, the polling stations in Turkey were closed, thus ending the voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections. Incomplete and unofficial election results are expected tonight, counting of votes is in progress.
The citizens of Turkey voted today in the presidential and parliamentary elections, and they chose between three presidential candidates, and 24 political parties and 151 independent candidates for the parliament, which has a total of 600 seats.
64.11 million people have the right to vote in the elections, and more than 4.9 million Turkish citizens voted for the first time.
Current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kemal Kilicdaroglu and Sinan Ogan, according to the order on the ballot, are candidates for the presidency of Turkey.
Currently, 98 percent of ballots are opened and Erdogan won 49,35 percent (26.624.453) and Kilicdaroglu 45,00 percent (24.280.977).
