1994 Istanbul mayoral election

1994 Istanbul mayoral election

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Candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İlhan Kesici Zülfü Livaneli Party RP ANAP SHP Popular vote 973,704 855,897 784,693 Percentage 25.19% 22.14% 20.30%   Candidate Bedrettin Dalan Necdet Özkan Party DYP DSP Popular vote 597,461 478,612 Percentage 15.46% 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.

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]

Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage (%)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	RP	973,704	25.19
İlhan Kesici	ANAP	855,897	22.14
Zülfü Livaneli	SHP	784,693	20.30
Bedrettin Dalan	DYP	597,461	15.46
Necdet Özkan	DSP	478,612	12.38
Ahmet Vefik Alp	MHP	72,121	1.87
Ertuğrul Günay	CHP	54,028	1.40
Ahmet Hamdi Turgut	BBP	13,662	0.35
Ferit Edibali	MP	12,294	0.32
Hasan Celal Güzel	HDP	7,979	0.21
Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu	SBP	7,075	0.18
Arslan Kılıç	İP	5,215	0.13
	Independents	2,385	0.06
Total		3,865,126	100.00

By district

Results of the 1994 Istanbul mayoral election by district ^[1]

District	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan RP		İlhan Kesici ANAP		Zülfü Livaneli SHP		Bedrettin Dalan DYP		Necdet Özkan DSP		Other candidates		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adalar	735	6.7%	4,484	40.9%	2,541	23.2%	2,589	23.6%	265	2.5%	344	3.1%	10,958
Avcılar	13,501	16.0%	24,885	29.5%	21,763	25.8%	12,626	15.0%	8,015	9.5%	3,572	4.2%	84,362
Bağcılar	62,911	35.5%	27,865	15.7%	29,619	16.7%	13,211	7.5%	33,794	19.1%	9,771	5.5%	177,171
Bahçelievler	51,783	25.4%	47,657	23.3%	47.654	23.3%	29,604	14.5%	18,833	9.2%	8,628	4.2%	204,159
Bakırköy	9,738	7.7%	41,587	32.7%	31,386	24.6%	31,351	24.8%	9,203	7.2%	4,015	3.2%	127,280
Bayrampaşa	35,457	28.9%	24,689	20.1%	13,734	11.2%	24,393	19.9%	18,685	15.2%	5,792	4.7%	122,750
Beşiktaş	11,533	9.3%	35,829	28.8%	33,608	27.1%	28,949	23.3%	10,404	8.4%	3,829	3.1%	124,152
Beykoz	23,898	29.4%	20,732	25.5%	11,001	13.6%	10,299	12.7%	11,559	14.2%	3,668	4.5%	81,157
Beyoğlu	37,735	31.0%	22,321	18.3%	23,312	19.2%	18,712	15.4%	13,977	11.5%	5,664	4.7%	121,721
Eminönü	8,001	27.3%	6,817	23.3%	5,779	19.7%	3,386	11.5%	2,525	8.6%	2,815	9.6%	29,323
Esenler	43,271	36.0%	21,749	18.1%	16,450	13.7%	12,314	10.3%	20,344	16.9%	5,976	5.0%	120,104
Eyüpsultan	30,285	25.9%	23,777	20.3%	21,526	18.4%	18,489	15.8%	17,987	15.4%	4,806	4.1%	116,870
Fatih	69,448	28.0%	57,109	23.0%	36,342	14.6%	47,688	19.2%	27,556	11.1%	10,192	4.1%	248,335
Gaziosmanpaşa	74,870	33.6%	41.455	18.6%	30,093	13.5%	32,087	14.4%	34,310	15.4%	10,128	4.5%	222,943
Güngören	32,692	25.9%	31,050	24.6%	24,007	19.0%	17,721	14.1%	14,056	11.1%	6,583	5.2%	126,109
Kadıköy	61,699	15.0%	103,824	25.3%	112,572	27.5%	89,885	21.9%	28,489	7.0%	13,444	3.3%	409,913
Kağıthane	50,460	33.8%	31,705	21.3%	28,082	18.8%	14,534	9.7%	18,475	12.4	6,001	4.0%	149,257
Kartal	40,023	28.2%	30,524	21.5%	36,914	26.0%	15,111	10.6%	13,461	9.5	6,040	4.3%	142,073
Küçükçekmece	38,871	19.4%	35,775	17.9%	32,288	16.2%	30,911	15.5%	52,035	26.0%	10,017	5.0%	199,897
Maltepe	32,345	20.5%	39,332	24.9%	43,135	27.4%	23,986	15.2%	12,042	7.6%	6,919	4.4%	157,759
Pendik	42,246	31.6%	23,857	17.8%	24,921	18.6%	14,938	11.2%	17,963	13.4%	9,851	7.4%	133,776
Sarıyer	23,660	24.0%	22,131	22.5%	23,418	23.8%	11,005	11.2%	14,158	14.4%	4,126	4.2%	98,498
Şişli	20,955	14.6%	34,851	24.3%	34,069	23.7%	26,967	18.8%	21,411	14.9%	5,235	3.6%	143,488
Tuzla	9,503	28.2%	6,844	20.3%	7,467	22.1%	4,470	13.3%	3,660	10.9%	1,787	5.3%	33,731
Ümraniye	55,890	38.7%	20,358	14.1%	33,243	23.0%	13,216	9.1%	12,200	8.4%	9,651	6.7%	144,558
Üsküdar	68,466	28.9%	53,614	22.6%	45,064	19.0%	35,539	15.0%	22,363	9.4%	12,098	5.1%	237,144
Zeytinburnu	23,728	24.3%	21,076	21.6%	14,705	15.1%	13,300	13.6%	20,837	21.3%	3,992	4.1%	97,638
Total	973,704	25.19%	855,897	22.14%	784,693	20.30%	597,461	15.46%	478,612	12.38%	174,759	4.52%	3,865,126

References

1. "27 Mart 1994 Mahalli İdareler Genel Seçimi Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı Seçimi Sonuçları" (PDF). www.ysk.gov.tr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2025.