1994 Istanbul mayoral election

The 1994 Istanbul mayoral election took place on 27 March 1994 in order to elect the Mayor of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Additionally, each of the 27 districts of Istanbul elected a district municipal mayor on the same day. The election was held as part of nationwide local elections held on the same day.

1994 Istanbul mayoral election

← 1989 27 March 1994 1999 →
 
Candidate Recep Tayyip Erdoğan İlhan Kesici Zülfü Livaneli
Party RP ANAP SHP
Popular vote 973,704 855,897 784,693
Percentage 25.19% 22.14% 20.30%

 
Candidate Bedrettin Dalan Necdet Özkan
Party DYP DSP
Popular vote 597,461 478,612
Percentage 15.46% 12.38%

Mayor before election

Nurettin Sözen
SHP

Elected Mayor

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
RP

The winner of the metropolitan mayoral race was Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the candidate of the Islamist-oriented Welfare Party, who served until his imprisonment in 1998. Erdoğan later went on to become Prime Minister of Turkey in 2003 and President of Turkey in 2014.

Results

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The full results of the election are shown in the table below.[1]

Candidate Party Votes Percentage
(%)
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan RP 973,704 25.19
İlhan Kesici ANAP 855,897 22.14
Zülfü Livaneli SHP 784,693 20.30
Bedrettin Dalan DYP 597,461 15.46
Necdet Özkan DSP 478,612 12.38
Ahmet Vefik Alp MHP 72,121 1.87
Ertuğrul Günay CHP 54,028 1.40
Ahmet Hamdi Turgut BBP 13,662 0.35
Ferit Edibali MP 12,294 0.32
Hasan Celal Güzel HDP 7,979 0.21
Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu SBP 7,075 0.18
Arslan Kılıç İP 5,215 0.13
Independents 2,385 0.06
Total 3,865,126 100.00

By district

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Results of the 1994 Istanbul mayoral election by district[1]
District Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

RP

İlhan Kesici

ANAP

Zülfü Livaneli

SHP

Bedrettin Dalan

DYP

Necdet Özkan

DSP

Other candidates Total
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adalar 735 6.7% 4,484 40.9% 2,541 23.2% 2,589 23.6% 265 2.5% 344 3.1% 10,958
Avcılar 13,501 16.0% 24,885 29.5% 21,763 25.8% 12,626 15.0% 8,015 9.5% 3,572 4.2% 84,362
Bağcılar 62,911 35.5% 27,865 15.7% 29,619 16.7% 13,211 7.5% 33,794 19.1% 9,771 5.5% 177,171
Bahçelievler 51,783 25.4% 47,657 23.3% 47.654 23.3% 29,604 14.5% 18,833 9.2% 8,628 4.2% 204,159
Bakırköy 9,738 7.7% 41,587 32.7% 31,386 24.6% 31,351 24.8% 9,203 7.2% 4,015 3.2% 127,280
Bayrampaşa 35,457 28.9% 24,689 20.1% 13,734 11.2% 24,393 19.9% 18,685 15.2% 5,792 4.7% 122,750
Beşiktaş 11,533 9.3% 35,829 28.8% 33,608 27.1% 28,949 23.3% 10,404 8.4% 3,829 3.1% 124,152
Beykoz 23,898 29.4% 20,732 25.5% 11,001 13.6% 10,299 12.7% 11,559 14.2% 3,668 4.5% 81,157
Beyoğlu 37,735 31.0% 22,321 18.3% 23,312 19.2% 18,712 15.4% 13,977 11.5% 5,664 4.7% 121,721
Eminönü 8,001 27.3% 6,817 23.3% 5,779 19.7% 3,386 11.5% 2,525 8.6% 2,815 9.6% 29,323
Esenler 43,271 36.0% 21,749 18.1% 16,450 13.7% 12,314 10.3% 20,344 16.9% 5,976 5.0% 120,104
Eyüpsultan 30,285 25.9% 23,777 20.3% 21,526 18.4% 18,489 15.8% 17,987 15.4% 4,806 4.1% 116,870
Fatih 69,448 28.0% 57,109 23.0% 36,342 14.6% 47,688 19.2% 27,556 11.1% 10,192 4.1% 248,335
Gaziosmanpaşa 74,870 33.6% 41.455 18.6% 30,093 13.5% 32,087 14.4% 34,310 15.4% 10,128 4.5% 222,943
Güngören 32,692 25.9% 31,050 24.6% 24,007 19.0% 17,721 14.1% 14,056 11.1% 6,583 5.2% 126,109
Kadıköy 61,699 15.0% 103,824 25.3% 112,572 27.5% 89,885 21.9% 28,489 7.0% 13,444 3.3% 409,913
Kağıthane 50,460 33.8% 31,705 21.3% 28,082 18.8% 14,534 9.7% 18,475 12.4 6,001 4.0% 149,257
Kartal 40,023 28.2% 30,524 21.5% 36,914 26.0% 15,111 10.6% 13,461 9.5 6,040 4.3% 142,073
Küçükçekmece 38,871 19.4% 35,775 17.9% 32,288 16.2% 30,911 15.5% 52,035 26.0% 10,017 5.0% 199,897
Maltepe 32,345 20.5% 39,332 24.9% 43,135 27.4% 23,986 15.2% 12,042 7.6% 6,919 4.4% 157,759
Pendik 42,246 31.6% 23,857 17.8% 24,921 18.6% 14,938 11.2% 17,963 13.4% 9,851 7.4% 133,776
Sarıyer 23,660 24.0% 22,131 22.5% 23,418 23.8% 11,005 11.2% 14,158 14.4% 4,126 4.2% 98,498
Şişli 20,955 14.6% 34,851 24.3% 34,069 23.7% 26,967 18.8% 21,411 14.9% 5,235 3.6% 143,488
Tuzla 9,503 28.2% 6,844 20.3% 7,467 22.1% 4,470 13.3% 3,660 10.9% 1,787 5.3% 33,731
Ümraniye 55,890 38.7% 20,358 14.1% 33,243 23.0% 13,216 9.1% 12,200 8.4% 9,651 6.7% 144,558
Üsküdar 68,466 28.9% 53,614 22.6% 45,064 19.0% 35,539 15.0% 22,363 9.4% 12,098 5.1% 237,144
Zeytinburnu 23,728 24.3% 21,076 21.6% 14,705 15.1% 13,300 13.6% 20,837 21.3% 3,992 4.1% 97,638
Total 973,704 25.19% 855,897 22.14% 784,693 20.30% 597,461 15.46% 478,612 12.38% 174,759 4.52% 3,865,126

References

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