Turkish local elections, 1999
Turkish local elections, 1999
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| April 18, 1999 (1999-04-18) |
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| All 3,215 district municipalities and 16 metropolitan municipalities of Turkey |
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Majority party |
Minority party |
Third party |
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| Leader |
Bülent Ecevit |
Devlet Bahçeli |
Recai Kutan |
| Party |
Democratic Left |
MHP |
FP |
| Leader since |
15 January 1989 |
6 July 1997 |
1998 |
| Last election |
23 mayors, 8.75% |
118 mayors, 7.95% |
329 mayors, 19.14% |
| Municipalities |
189 |
499 |
488 |
| Mayor ± |
 166 |
381 |
159 |
| Popular vote^ |
5,885,132 |
5,401,597 |
5,185,831 |
| Percentage |
18.70% |
17.17% |
16.48% |
| Swing |
9.95% |
9.22% |
 2.66% |
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Results map showing the winners of the 81 provincial capitals of Turkey by party.
^ Four different elections in order to elect both types of councillor and mayor were held on the same day. The results shown here are the provincial councillor election results, which best reflect the overall voting intentions of the electorate. See the results section for the full results. |
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Results by province: dark blue MHP, orange FP, green ANAP, pink DYP, blue DSP, brown HADEP, red CHP, grey independent
Turkey held 11th local elections on April 18, 1999.
Results
| Party |
Party leader |
Vote total |
Vote percentage |
| Democratic Left Party | Bülent Ecevit | 5,885,132 | % 18.70 |
| Nationalist Movement Party | Devlet Bahçeli | 5,401,597 | % 17.17 |
| Virtue Party | Recai Kutan | 5,185,831 | % 16.48 |
| Motherland Party | Mesut Yılmaz | 4,730,711 | % 15.03 |
| True Path Party | Tansu Çiller | 4,157,262 | % 13.21 |
| Republican People's Party | Deniz Baykal | 3,487,483 | % 11.08 |
| People's Democracy Party | Murat Bozlak | 1,094,761 | % 3.48 |
| Great Union Party | Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu | 540,239 | % 1.72 |
| Democratic Turkey Party | Hüsamettin Cindoruk | 292,224 | % 0.93 |
| Freedom and Solidarity Party | Ufuk Uras | 263,814 | % 0.84 |
| Nation Party | Aykut Edibali | 86,481 | % 0.27 |
| Peace Party | Ali Haydar Veziroğlu | 67,448 | % 0.21 |
| Workers' Party | Doğu Perinçek | 66,175 | % 0.21 |
| Independents | | 56,879 | % 0.18 |
| Democratic Party | Korkut Özal | 41,947 | % 0.13 |
| Liberal Democratic Party | Besim Tibuk | 30,314 | % 0.10 |
| Labour Party | | 29,499 | % 0.09 |
| Socialist Power Party | Aydemir Güler | 22,825 | % 0.07 |
| Renaissance Party | Hasan Celal Güzel | 17,335 | % 0.06 |
| Democracy and Peace Party | | 6,593 | % 0.02 |
| Changing Turkey Party | | 3,143 | % 0.01 |
| Total | | 31,467,693 | %100.00 |
Mayor of metropolitan municipality
Mayor of other municipalities
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