Erdogan loses majority with most votes counted


RT World News

A runoff in Türkiye’s presidential election looks increasingly likely

The gap between the incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his pro-Western opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has narrowed with more than 90 percent of the votes counted by midnight in Türkiye’s presidential election.

With more than 93% of ballot boxes opened and tallied, Erdogan’s lead fell to just below 50% of the vote, while Kilicdaroglu was getting 44,6%, according to Turkish media reports. Sinan Ogan was a distant third with 5.2%.

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