Turkish local elections, 1999

Turkish local elections, 1999
Turkey
April 18, 1999 (1999-04-18)

All 3,215 district municipalities and 16 metropolitan municipalities of Turkey
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
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 ± Increase166 Increase381 Increase159
Popular vote^ 5,885,132 5,401,597 5,185,831
Percentage 18.70% 17.17% 16.48%
Swing Increase9.95% Increase9.22% Decrease2.66%

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
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Turkey held 11th local elections on April 18, 1999.

Results

Party Party leader Vote total Vote percentage
Democratic Left PartyBülent Ecevit5,885,132% 18.70
Nationalist Movement PartyDevlet Bahçeli5,401,597% 17.17
Virtue PartyRecai Kutan5,185,831 % 16.48
Motherland PartyMesut Yılmaz4,730,711% 15.03
True Path PartyTansu Çiller4,157,262% 13.21
Republican People's PartyDeniz Baykal3,487,483% 11.08
People's Democracy PartyMurat Bozlak1,094,761% 3.48
Great Union PartyMuhsin Yazıcıoğlu540,239% 1.72
Democratic Turkey PartyHüsamettin Cindoruk292,224% 0.93
Freedom and Solidarity PartyUfuk Uras263,814% 0.84
Nation PartyAykut Edibali86,481% 0.27
Peace PartyAli Haydar Veziroğlu67,448% 0.21
Workers' PartyDoğu Perinçek66,175% 0.21
Independents56,879% 0.18
Democratic PartyKorkut Özal41,947% 0.13
Liberal Democratic PartyBesim Tibuk30,314% 0.10
Labour Party29,499% 0.09
Socialist Power PartyAydemir Güler22,825% 0.07
Renaissance PartyHasan Celal Güzel17,335% 0.06
Democracy and Peace Party6,593% 0.02
Changing Turkey Party3,143% 0.01
Total 31,467,693%100.00

Mayor of metropolitan municipality

City Winner Party
AdanaAytaç Durak Motherland Party
AnkaraMelih Gökçek Virtue Party
AntalyaBekir Kumbul Republican People's Party
BursaErdoğan Bilenser Democratic Left Party
DiyarbakırFeridun Çelik People's Democracy Party
ErzurumMahmut Uykusuz Nationalist Movement Party
EskişehirYılmaz Büyükerşen Democratic Left Party
GaziantepCelal Doğan Republican People's Party
İstanbulAli Müfit Gürtuna Virtue Party
İzmirAhmet Priştina Democratic Left Party
KayseriMehmet Özhaseki Virtue Party
İzmitSefa Sirmen Republican People's Party
KonyaMustafa Özkafa Virtue Party
MersinMacit Özcan Democratic Left Party
SamsunYusuf Ziya Yılmaz Motherland Party

Mayor of other municipalities

Province Party
Adıyaman FP
Afyonkarahisar MHP
Ağrı HADEP
Amasya MHP
Artvin CHP
Aydın ANAP
Balıkesir ANAP
Bilecik CHP
Bingöl HADEP
Bitlis FP
Bolu DSP
Burdur CHP
Çanakkale CHP
 
Province Party
Çankırı MHP
Çorum FP
Denizli DYP
Edirne ANAP
Elazığ FP
Erzincan MHP
Giresun CHP
Gümüşhane MHP
Hakkâri HADEP
Hatay CHP
Isparta MHP
 
Province Party
Kars ANAP
Kastamonu MHP
Kırklareli MHP
Kırşehir MHP
Kütahya FP
Malatya MHP
Manisa ANAP
Kahramanmaraş FP
Mardin DYP
Muğla CHP
Muş MHP
Nevşehir FP
Niğde MHP
 
Province Party
Ordu ANAP
Rize ANAP
Sakarya FP
Siirt HADEP
Sinop ANAP
Sivas FP
Tekirdağ ANAP
Tokat FP
Trabzon FP
Tunceli CHP
Şanlıurfa FP
Uşak MHP
Van HADEP
Yozgat MHP
Zonguldak DSP
Aksaray MHP
 
Province Party
Bayburt MHP
Karaman MHP
Kırıkkale MHP
Batman HADEP
Şırnak ANAP
Bartın DSP
Ardahan DSP
Iğdır MHP
Yalova ANAP
Karabük DYP
Kilis DSP
Osmaniye MHP

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