Demirören News Agency: İmamoğlu Leads in İstanbul According to Supreme Election Council

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Demirören News Agency (DHA), which previously reported that according to the data shared by the Supreme Election Council (YSK), Ekrem İmamoğlu, the candidate of main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and İYİ Party for the Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul, was leading, has removed the related news article from its website.

As of 10 a.m. today (April 1), the link of the article could not be reached. When the link is clicked, it is directed to the main page of the agency.

İmamoğlu was leading

In its news article published at 9.15 a.m., the data shared by the DHA on its website were as follows:

• Number of ballot boxes: 31 thousand 186
• Opened ballot boxes: 31 thousand 87
• Rate of opened ballot boxes: 99.68 percent
• Number of votes: Ekrem İmamoğlu: 4 million 157 thousand 237 - Binali Yıldırım: 4 million 130 thousand 49
• Rates of votes: İmamoğlu: 48.80 percent - Yıldırım: 48.48 percent

State-run agency stopped data flow

The state-run Anadolu Agency (AA) stopped the data flow last night after making its last data update at 11.21 p.m. The agency has not made any updates on its related news yer.

İmamoğlu: We have won

İmamoğlu has also made a statement regarding the elections for the 11th time since yesterday. Speaking in a TV program today, İmamoğlu has stated that they have won the Metropolitan Mayorship of İstanbul.

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To the question "Who has become the Metropolitan Mayor of İstanbul?", İmamoğlu has answered,

"Mr. İsmail [anchor of Fox TV], he is standing right before you. According to our data, the difference between us is 26 thousand 558. Moreover, the 99.64 percent of the data of Supreme Election Council (YSK) has been entered. According to their data, the difference is 27 thousand 371." (TP/SD)