BREAKING: Turkish government's candidate for Istanbul mayor concedes defeat after first results from rerun election are reported.
The opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul has declared victory in a high-stakes repeat election after his rival backed by Turkey’s president conceded defeat.
Binali Yildirim said Sunday night that opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu was ahead as the first returns were announced.With nearly all votes counted, Imamoglu had a lead of more than 715,000 votes. The parties said some ballot envelopes arrived at polling stations bearing official stamps from a previous election, lacking stamps or carrying more stamps than needed.
Opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu sought to repeat his win from 12 weeks earlier to become the city’s first mayor in 25 years who is not from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party or its Islamist-rooted predecessor. The vote Sunday is being re-run after opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the Istanbul mayoral race in March. The result was canceled by Turkey’s main election board, citing procedural irregularities, after the ruling party protested.
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