The head of Türkiye's High Election Board (YSK) confirms the presidential election will go to a run-off between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his main rival on May 28 as neither can reach the 50 per cent threshold to win outright.
abc.net.au/news/turkiye-election-board-head-confirms-run-off-to-be-held-may-28/102349646The head of Türkiye's High Election Board has confirmed the presidential election will go to a run-off between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his main rival on May 28, as neither can reach the 50 per cent threshold to win outright.With around 35,000 votes left to be counted, Mr Erdoğan had 49.51 per cent support and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu had 44.
Election officials said the second round will allow Turks to decide if their nation remains under the increasingly authoritarian President's firm grip for a third decade, or if it can embark on the more democratic course promised by Mr Kılıçdaroğlu. He portrayed Mr Kılıçdaroğlu, who had received the backing of the country's pro-Kurdish party, of colluding with "terrorists" and of supporting what he called "deviant" LGBTQ rights.
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