Türkİye, Politics

Turkey’s ruling party candidate elected Konya mayor

Ugur Ibrahim Altay receives nearly 645,000 votes, according to unofficial results

Sena Güler  | 31.03.2019 - Update : 31.03.2019
Turkey’s ruling party candidate elected Konya mayor

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party candidate has been elected mayor of the central Konya province, according to unofficial results on Sunday.

Ugur Ibrahim Altay bagged 644,926 votes, while opposition Good (IYI) Party received 177,392 votes.

Earlier, millions of Turkish voters cast their votes in the local elections to choose Turkey’s mayors, city council members, mukhtars (neighborhood officials), and members of elder councils for the next five years.

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