Turkish local elections, 2019

Turkish local elections, 2019
Turkey
On or before 31 March 2019

All 30 metropolitan and 1,351 district municipal mayors of Turkey
All 1,251 provincial and 20,500 municipal councillors of Turkey
According to 2014 local governmental composition
 
Leader Binali Yıldırım Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu
Party AK Party CHP
Leader since 22 May 2016 22 May 2010
Last election 818 mayors, 11,309 councillors, 42.87% 232 mayors, 4,320 councillors, 26.34%

 
Leader Devlet Bahçeli Kamuran Yüksek (pictured)
Emine Ayna
Party MHP DBP
Leader since 6 July 1997 17 July 2014
Last election 169 mayors, 3,675 councillors, 17.82% 99 mayors, 1,570 councillors, 6.29%

All 81 Provinces of Turkey

The Turkish local elections of 2019 will be held on or before Sunday, 31 March 2019 throughout the 81 Provinces of Turkey. A total of 30 metropolitan and 1,351 district municipal mayors, alongside 1,251 provincial and 20,500 municipal councillors will be elected, in addition to numerous local non-partisan positions such as neighbourhood presidents (muhtars) and elderly people's councils. A presidential election will follow in August while a general election is expected to be held by November 2019 at the latest.

Target municipalities

AK Party targets
Municipality Incumbent Needed to win
Yalova CHP 0.4%
Hatay CHP 0.6%
Zonguldak CHP 1.3%
Adana MHP 1.6%
Manisa MHP 3.4%
 
CHP targets
Municipality Incumbent Needed to win
Ankara AKP 1.1%
Ardahan AKP 1.6%
Antalya AKP 1.8%
Kars MHP 3.3%
Mersin MHP 3.7%

Opinion polls

Date Pollster Sample AKP CHP MHP HDP Others Lead
11 Jul 2016AKAM 8,890 40.6 32.3 11.7 11.6 3.8 8.3
1 Nov 2015Local elections 201443,543,71742.926.317.86.36.816.5
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