1999 Turkish local elections

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 DSP MHP FP
Leader since 15 January 1989 6 July 1997 1998
Last election 8.75%, 23 mayors 7.95%, 118 mayors 19.14%, 329 mayors
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 Increase9.95pp Increase9.22pp Decrease2.66pp

Local elections were held in Turkey on April 18, 1999, on the same day with the parliamentary election.

Results

PartyVotes%
Democratic Left Party5,885,13218.70
Nationalist Movement Party5,401,59717.17
Virtue Party5,185,83116.48
Motherland Party4,730,71115.03
True Path Party4,157,26213.21
Republican People's Party3,487,48311.08
People's Democracy Party1,094,7613.48
Great Unity Party540,2391.72
Democrat Turkey Party292,2240.93
Freedom and Solidarity Party263,8140.84
Nation Party86,4810.27
Peace Party67,4480.21
Workers' Party66,1750.21
Democratic Party41,9470.13
Liberal Democratic Party30,3140.10
Labour Party29,4990.09
Socialist Power Party22,8250.07
Rebirth Party17,3350.06
Democracy and Peace Party6,5930.02
Changing Turkey Party3,1430.01
Independents56,8790.18
Total31,467,693100.00

Metropolitan municipality mayors

City Winner Party
AdanaAytaç DurakMotherland Party
AnkaraMelih GökçekVirtue Party
AntalyaBekir KumbulRepublican People's Party
BursaErdoğan BilenserDemocratic Left Party
DiyarbakırFeridun ÇelikPeople's Democracy Party
ErzurumMahmut UykusuzNationalist Movement Party
EskişehirYılmaz BüyükerşenDemocratic Left Party
GaziantepCelal DoğanRepublican People's Party
IstanbulAli Müfit GürtunaVirtue Party
İzmirAhmet PriştinaDemocratic Left Party
KayseriMehmet ÖzhasekiVirtue Party
İzmitSefa SirmenRepublican People's Party
KonyaMustafa ÖzkafaVirtue Party
MersinMacit ÖzcanDemocratic Left Party
SamsunYusuf Ziya YılmazMotherland Party

Mayor of other municipalities

ProvinceParty
AdıyamanFP
AfyonkarahisarMHP
AğrıHADEP
AmasyaMHP
AksarayMHP
ArdahanDSP
ArtvinCHP
AydınANAP
BalıkesirANAP
BartınDSP
BatmanHADEP
BayburtMHP
BilecikCHP
BingölHADEP
BitlisFP
BoluDSP
BurdurCHP
 
ProvinceParty
ÇanakkaleCHP
ÇankırıMHP
ÇorumFP
DenizliDYP
EdirneANAP
ElazığFP
ErzincanMHP
GiresunCHP
GümüşhaneMHP
HakkâriHADEP
HatayCHP
IğdırMHP
IspartaMHP
KarabükDYP
KaramanMHP
KarsANAP
 
ProvinceParty
KastamonuMHP
KilisDSP
KırıkkaleMHP
KırklareliMHP
KırşehirMHP
KütahyaFP
MalatyaMHP
ManisaANAP
KahramanmaraşFP
MardinDYP
MuğlaCHP
MuşMHP
NevşehirFP
NiğdeMHP
OrduANAP
OsmaniyeMHP
 
ProvinceParty
RizeANAP
SakaryaFP
SiirtHADEP
SinopANAP
SivasFP
TekirdağANAP
TokatFP
TrabzonFP
TunceliCHP
ŞanlıurfaFP
ŞırnakANAP
UşakMHP
VanHADEP
YozgatMHP
YalovaANAP
ZonguldakDSP

References

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