1994 Istanbul mayoral election

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1994 Istanbul mayoral election
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Candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İlhan Kesici Zülfü Livaneli
Party RP ANAP SHP
Popular vote973,704855,897784,693
Percentage25.19%22.14%20.30%
 
Candidate Bedrettin Dalan Necdet Özkan
Party DYP DSP
Popular vote597,461478,612
Percentage15.46%12.38%
Mayor before election

Nurettin Sözen
SHP

Elected Mayor

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
RP

The 1994 Istanbul mayoral election took place on 27 March 1994 in order to elect the Mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Additionally, each of the 27 districts of Istanbul elected a district municipal mayor on the same day. The election was held as part of nationwide local elections held on the same day.

Contents

The winner of the metropolitan mayoral race was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the Islamist-oriented Welfare Party, who served until his imprisonment in 1998. Erdoğan later went on to become Prime Minister of Turkey in 2003 and President of Turkey in 2014.

Results

The full results of the election are shown in the table below. [1]

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
(%)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan RP 973,70425.19
İlhan Kesici ANAP 855,89722.14
Zülfü Livaneli SHP 784,69320.30
Bedrettin Dalan DYP 597,46115.46
Necdet Özkan DSP 478,61212.38
Ahmet Vefik Alp MHP 72,1211.87
Ertuğrul Günay CHP 54,0281.40
Ahmet Hamdi Turgut BBP 13,6620.35
Ferit Edibali MP 12,2940.32
Hasan Celal Güzel HDP 7,9790.21
Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu SBP 7,0750.18
Arslan Kılıç İP 5,2150.13
Independents 2,3850.06
Total3,865,126100.00

By district

Results of the 1994 Istanbul mayoral election by district [1]
DistrictRecep Tayyip Erdoğan

RP

İlhan Kesici

ANAP

Zülfü Livaneli

SHP

Bedrettin Dalan

DYP

Necdet Özkan

DSP

Other candidatesTotal
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adalar 7356.7%4,48440.9%2,54123.2%2,58923.6%2652.5%3443.1%10,958
Avcılar 13,50116.0%24,88529.5%21,76325.8%12,62615.0%8,0159.5%3,5724.2%84,362
Bağcılar 62,91135.5%27,86515.7%29,61916.7%13,2117.5%33,79419.1%9,7715.5%177,171
Bahçelievler 51,78325.4%47,65723.3%47.65423.3%29,60414.5%18,8339.2%8,6284.2%204,159
Bakırköy 9,7387.7%41,58732.7%31,38624.6%31,35124.8%9,2037.2%4,0153.2%127,280
Bayrampaşa 35,45728.9%24,68920.1%13,73411.2%24,39319.9%18,68515.2%5,7924.7%122,750
Beşiktaş 11,5339.3%35,82928.8%33,60827.1%28,94923.3%10,4048.4%3,8293.1%124,152
Beykoz 23,89829.4%20,73225.5%11,00113.6%10,29912.7%11,55914.2%3,6684.5%81,157
Beyoğlu 37,73531.0%22,32118.3%23,31219.2%18,71215.4%13,97711.5%5,6644.7%121,721
Eminönü 8,00127.3%6,81723.3%5,77919.7%3,38611.5%2,5258.6%2,8159.6%29,323
Esenler 43,27136.0%21,74918.1%16,45013.7%12,31410.3%20,34416.9%5,9765.0%120,104
Eyüpsultan 30,28525.9%23,77720.3%21,52618.4%18,48915.8%17,98715.4%4,8064.1%116,870
Fatih 69,44828.0%57,10923.0%36,34214.6%47,68819.2%27,55611.1%10,1924.1%248,335
Gaziosmanpaşa 74,87033.6%41.45518.6%30,09313.5%32,08714.4%34,31015.4%10,1284.5%222,943
Güngören 32,69225.9%31,05024.6%24,00719.0%17,72114.1%14,05611.1%6,5835.2%126,109
Kadıköy 61,69915.0%103,82425.3%112,57227.5%89,88521.9%28,4897.0%13,4443.3%409,913
Kağıthane 50,46033.8%31,70521.3%28,08218.8%14,5349.7%18,47512.46,0014.0%149,257
Kartal 40,02328.2%30,52421.5%36,91426.0%15,11110.6%13,4619.56,0404.3%142,073
Küçükçekmece 38,87119.4%35,77517.9%32,28816.2%30,91115.5%52,03526.0%10,0175.0%199,897
Maltepe 32,34520.5%39,33224.9%43,13527.4%23,98615.2%12,0427.6%6,9194.4%157,759
Pendik 42,24631.6%23,85717.8%24,92118.6%14,93811.2%17,96313.4%9,8517.4%133,776
Sarıyer 23,66024.0%22,13122.5%23,41823.8%11,00511.2%14,15814.4%4,1264.2%98,498
Şişli 20,95514.6%34,85124.3%34,06923.7%26,96718.8%21,41114.9%5,2353.6%143,488
Tuzla 9,50328.2%6,84420.3%7,46722.1%4,47013.3%3,66010.9%1,7875.3%33,731
Ümraniye 55,89038.7%20,35814.1%33,24323.0%13,2169.1%12,2008.4%9,6516.7%144,558
Üsküdar 68,46628.9%53,61422.6%45,06419.0%35,53915.0%22,3639.4%12,0985.1%237,144
Zeytinburnu 23,72824.3%21,07621.6%14,70515.1%13,30013.6%20,83721.3%3,9924.1%97,638
Total973,70425.19%855,89722.14%784,69320.30%597,46115.46%478,61212.38%174,7594.52%3,865,126

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