Turkish municipal election
2009 İstanbul mayoral elections
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The2009 Istanbul mayoral election for the office of mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (Turkish:İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediye Başkanlığı) was held on 29 March 2009 and was won by theJustice and Development Party candidate, the incumbentKadir Topbaş.[1]
The closely fought contest was noticeable in that it helped launch the national political career ofKemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who would go on to assume the leadership of his party.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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| Kadir Topbaş | Justice and Development Party | 3,101,440 | 44.71 |
| Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu | Republican People's Party | 2,566,704 | 37.00 |
| Ahmet Turgut | Nationalist Movement Party | 347,449 | 5.01 |
| Mehmet Bekaroğlu | Felicity Party | 336,849 | 4.86 |
| Akın Birdal | Democratic Society Party | 312,074 | 4.50 |
| Ahmet Vefik Alp | Democratic Left Party | 90,223 | 1.30 |
| Cevdet Tellioğlu | Great Unity Party | 79,162 | 1.14 |
| Mehmet Dülger | Democrat Party | 33,052 | 0.48 |
| Ahmet Özal | Motherland Party | 21,908 | 0.32 |
| Sabiha Karamustafa | Independent Turkey Party | 17,018 | 0.25 |
| Mehmet Ali Erdoğan | Rights and Freedoms Party | 9,490 | 0.14 |
| Zehra Güner | Communist Party of Turkey | 7,688 | 0.11 |
| Ahmet Aktaş | Nation Party | 4,955 | 0.07 |
| Fahrettin Tanınmış | Liberal Democratic Party | 3,014 | 0.04 |
| Melek Altıntaş | Independent | 1,045 | 0.02 |
| Nurullah Çolak | Independent | 711 | 0.01 |
| Selamettin Tellioğlu | Independent | 540 | 0.01 |
| Cihan Akdaş | Independent | 503 | 0.01 |
| Yahya Güneşer | Independent | 448 | 0.01 |
| Ahmet Lacin | Independent | 447 | 0.01 |
| Abidin Orhan Pak | Independent | 420 | 0.01 |
| Erhan Taş | Independent | 332 | 0.00 |
| Fatma Ragibe Kanıkuru Loğoğlu | Independent | 282 | 0.00 |
| Dursunali Bacıoğlu | Independent | 276 | 0.00 |
| Burhan Erol | Independent | 275 | 0.00 |
| Yasin Kılar | Independent | 251 | 0.00 |
| Total | 6,936,556 | 100.00 |
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| Valid votes | 6,936,556 | 96.49 |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 252,253 | 3.51 |
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| Total votes | 7,188,809 | 100.00 |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 8,794,284 | 81.74 |
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