2024 Bursa mayoral election

Local elections were held in Bursa, a metropolitan province of Turkey, on 31 March 2024 alongside nationwide local elections. Elections were held for the metropolitan municipal mayor of Bursa, as well as district mayors and councillors of Bursa's 17 districts.

2024 Bursa mayoral elections

← 2019 31 March 2024
Part of the 2024 Turkish local elections
2029 →
Metropolitan Municipality
 
Candidate Mustafa Bozbey Alinur Aktaş
Party CHP AK Party
Alliance N/A People's Alliance
Popular vote 860.490 693.031
Percentage 47.62% 38.35%
District Municipalities

All 17 municipal districts of Bursa
Party Seats +/–
AK Party

9 −4
CHP

6 +3
İYİ

2 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Mayor before Mayor after
Alinur Aktaş
AK Party
Mustafa Bozbey
CHP

The governing People's Alliance, formed by the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the smaller Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), nominated incumbent Mayor Alinur Aktaş for re-election. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) nominated Mustafa Bozbey, who had also been their candidate for the 2019 local elections but had narrowly lost to Aktaş.

The result was a victory for Bozbey, who won 47.6% of the vote compared to Aktaş's 38.4%.[1] The CHP also doubled their number of district municipalities from three to six, while the AK Party lost three municipalities. This was the first time the AK Party lost control of Bursa since their first ever local elections in 2004.

Opinion polls

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Date Pollster Sample AK PARTY CHP İYİ YRP ZP DEM Others Lead
27-29 Mar Özdemir 2.400 38,9 45,8 2,7 5,5 4,1 3,0 6,9
22-26 Mar ALF 3.400 41,6 44,4 2,3 4,7 7 2,8
12-26 Mar Avrasya ? 41,1 42,5 16,4 1,4
21-25 Mar Areda Survey 2.416 42,6 41,3 3,3 5,8 2,5 1,6 2,6 1,3
18-25 Mar SAROS 2.918 43,8 40,2 6,1 5,2 4,7 3,6
21-23 Mar İVEM 1.945 43,1 40,9 4,9 4,7 2,8 4,0 2,2
18-21 Mar Aksoy 2.400 39,5 48,8 1,4 3,9 2,5 1,9 2,1 9,3
17-20 Mar ORC 7.140 41,6 38,5 3,9 6,2 2,7 2,2 4,9 3,5
15-18 Mar Pollstar 4.700 38,2 45,0 5,7 6,0 5,1 6,8
12-17 Mar ASAL 1.400 39,5 41,2 3 5,3 3,5 2,3 5,2 1,7
1-15 Mar ADA 1.500 43,3 40,6 3,2 5,3 3,9 3,7 2,7
11-14 Mar Aksoy 1.067 38,8 45,2 2,6 4,1 3,4 2,1 3,8 6,4
1-14 Mar ALF 9.700 38,4 37,1 3,6 6,5 1,9 7,1 1,3
21 Şub-5 Mar MAK 2.370 45 41 2 1 1 2 3,0 4
20-24 Feb Özdemir 2.363 35,8 47,5 2,9 5,8 4,7 2,2 1,1 11,7
26-29 Jan ORC 5.200 38,3 41,4 5,4 2,1 2,5 3,1
2024
31 Mar 2019 2019 election 1.810.393 49,6 47 3,4 2,6

References

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