Turkish local elections, 2009

The 14th municipal elections of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: 14 mahalli İdareler Seçimi ) took place on March 29, 2009. The electorate voted this the members of the 81 provincial parliaments, the 16 city mayors and 957 county mayor and 1974 district mayor.

Voting

Voters who live within the boundaries of a major city, have the right to make five votes:

• Mayor of the city ( Turkish Büyükşehir belediye başkanı )
• Mayor of the city ( Turkish belediye başkanı )
• City Council ( Turkish belediye meclisi )
• Gouvernementsparlament ( Turkish il genel meclisi )
• Muhtar (German village chief )

Voters who live within city limits, have the right to issue four voices:

• Mayor of the City
• City ​​council
• Provincial parliament
• Muhtar

Voters who live within the village limits, have the right to submit two votes:

• Provincial parliament
• Muhtar

Participating parties

Election results

Poll

Mayor of the provincial capitals

Of the 20 participating parties managed to win only one of the seven provincial capitals 81. In Şanlıurfa managed the former mayor Eşref Ahmet Fakıbaba to be mayor as the only independent candidate. As can also be seen on the map, the CHP DTP focused on the Mediterranean and Aegean region, in the southeast of the country. Specifically, the parties won:

County mayor

In addition to the 81 mayors of the province capitals were still 957 county mayor (tr.: Ilce ) to dial:

Provincial parliaments

There are members of the 81 provincial parliaments were elected.

City administrations

In Turkey, there are 16 major cities. In addition to electing a mayor for the individual parts of the city a mayor or literally translated city mayor was elected. The results are:

Miscellaneous

• A few days before the election, the Chairman of BBP Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu died in a helicopter crash. His death meant that his party won the post of mayor in Sivas.
• A total of 19 people died on election day and the following days. More than 150 people were injured.
• A week before the election, the candidate of the ACP died for mayor of Manavgat. Nevertheless, he was first in the election. The Office was awarded to the second most successful candidates.
• Among the 81 mayors of the provincial capitals there are only two women.
• Murat Karayalcin resigned from his party the Halk Partisi Sosyaldemokrat to go for the CHP as a candidate for the mayoral race in Ankara. Karayalcin had visited Mayor in Ankara, but lost this election against Melih Gökçek.
• The well-known through his tackle embezzlement and corruption politician Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu CHP went to the Lord Mayor of Istanbul Kadir Topbaş against. Thus, the CHP wanted to win the very important cities of Ankara and Istanbul, but failed it.
• The independent mayor of Şanlıurfa Eşref Ahmet Fakıbaba occurred later in the Saadet Partisi.