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Local elections were held in Turkey on April 18, 1999, on the same day with the parliamentary election.
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| Democratic Left Party | 5,885,132 | 18.70 | |
| Nationalist Movement Party | 5,401,597 | 17.17 | |
| Virtue Party | 5,185,831 | 16.48 | |
| Motherland Party | 4,730,711 | 15.03 | |
| True Path Party | 4,157,262 | 13.21 | |
| Republican People's Party | 3,487,483 | 11.08 | |
| People's Democracy Party | 1,094,761 | 3.48 | |
| Great Unity Party | 540,239 | 1.72 | |
| Democrat Turkey Party | 292,224 | 0.93 | |
| Freedom and Solidarity Party | 263,814 | 0.84 | |
| Nation Party | 86,481 | 0.27 | |
| Peace Party | 67,448 | 0.21 | |
| Workers' Party | 66,175 | 0.21 | |
| Democratic Party | 41,947 | 0.13 | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 30,314 | 0.10 | |
| Labour Party | 29,499 | 0.09 | |
| Socialist Power Party | 22,825 | 0.07 | |
| Rebirth Party | 17,335 | 0.06 | |
| Democracy and Peace Party | 6,593 | 0.02 | |
| Changing Turkey Party | 3,143 | 0.01 | |
| Independents | 56,879 | 0.18 | |
| Total | 31,467,693 | 100.00 | |
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