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Turkish re-run local election

Monday, 24 June 2019 1:50 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 24 June 2019 1:50 AM ]

A person holds a portrait of Ekrem Imamoglu as people gather to to celebrate after the Istanbul mayoral elections re-run, at Kadikoy in Istanbul, on 23 June 2019. (Photo by AFP)

Rahshan Saglam

Press TV, Istanbul

Turkey's ruling party has lost control of Istanbul after a re-run of the city's mayoral election. Opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu has won the election with some 54 percent of the vote compared with 45 percent for his rival, Binali Yildirim, who was President Erdogan’s chosen candidate.

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