Turkey faces runoff Presidential Election as Erdogan's vote share falls below 50%

The Republic of Turkey is heading for a runoff presidential election as current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s vote share fell below 50 per cent.

Erdogan and his opposition Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the Republican People's Party, did not get the 50 per cent threshold needed to win the presidential election on Sunday.

The runoff election is scheduled to be held on May 28. The second round of polls is important for Kilicdaroglu and Erdogan. It will decide the fate of these two leaders.

According to the state-run Anadolu news agency, 97 per cent of the ballot boxes were counted by the Supreme Electoral Board of Turkey. Erdogan secured 49.34% of votes and Kilicdaroglu received 44.99% of the votes. Sinan Ogan, another presidential candidate from the ATA Alliance, received only 5.28% of the votes.

Sinan said, “We will absolutely win this election in the second round. Everyone will see that.” He welcomed the second round of the election. Sinan said that his candidacy affected the election outcome.

Kilicdaroglu also expressed hope to win the election. Kilicdaroglu said, “We will absolutely win the second round ... and bring democracy.”

Ahead of the Turkish presidential election, several opinion polls had predicted a tight contest between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu. As the counting of the votes was going on, Erdogan said, “We are already ahead of our closest rival by 2.6 million votes. We expect this figure to increase with official results.”

Erdogan also welcomed the second round of the election. He said, “If our nation has chosen for a second round, that is also welcome.”

Kilicdaroglu has pledged to bring democracy to the country if he wins the election. He also said that he would build frail ties with the Western countries.

The election took place following devastating earthquakes in southeast Turkey in February, which killed many people.

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