* Photograph: Ahmet Bolat / İstanbul - AA
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After the local elections were held on March 31, the counting of votes was completed in İstanbul yesterday (April 1). İstanbul Provincial Election Council has announced that 100 percent of ballot boxes have been opened.
Accordingly, while Ekrem İmamoğlu, the candidate of the Republican People's Party (CHP) and İYİ Party for the Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul, has received 4 million 170 thousand 116 votes, Binali Yıldırım, the candidate of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has received 4 million 145 thousand 708 votes.
The İstanbul Provincial Election Council has also shared information regarding the number of registered voters and cast votes in İstanbul. In the city where there are 10 million 560 thousand 963 registered voters, 8 million 866 thousand 563 İstanbulites cast votes.
While 8 million 547 thousand 5 of these votes are considered valid, 319 thousand 58 of them are deemed invalid.
According to the unofficial results announced by the council, the candidates and the number of their votes are as follows:
According to these results, while the vote rate of Ekrem İmamoğlu is 48.79 percent, that of Binali Yıldırım is 48.50 percent, which accounts for a margin of 24 thousand 408 votes. (PT/SD)