2019 Ankara mayoral election

2019 Ankara mayoral election

31 March 2019
 
Candidate Mansur Yavaş Mehmet Özhaseki
Party CHP AK Party
Alliance Nation People
Popular vote 1,662,209 1,538,410
Percentage 50.9% 47.1%


Mayor before election

Mustafa Tuna
AK Party

Elected Mayor

Mansur Yavaş
CHP

Mayoral elections were held in the Turkish province of Ankara as part of nationwide local elections on 31 March 2019. A total of 26 mayors, one for each of the 25 districts of Ankara and one for the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, were elected.

Initial results suggested that opposition candidate Mansur Yavaş was elected with 50% of the vote, compared to the government candidate Mehmet Özhaseki's 47%. Although the AK Party challenged the results and forced recounts in several districts, they were unable to overturn Yavaş's majority. Yavaş's victory was confirmed on 8 April 2019, when he was officially inaugurated mayor.