İmamoğlu Shares Latest Data on Local Election in İstanbul: Margin is 18 Thousand 742

* CHP MP Mahmut Tanal keeping watch on voting paper sacks in İstanbul

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The recounting of votes has been completed in 17 districts in İstanbul, where appeals were made against the unofficial results of local elections.

After the invalid votes cast for Metropoltan Mayorship are counted again in these districts, 2 thousand 184 new votes have been added to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) while 785 new votes have been added to the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP).

Accordingly, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the candidate of the CHP and İYİ Party, is ahead of Binali Yıldırım, the candidate of the AKP and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), with a margin of 18 thousand 742 votes.

Speaking at a TV program earlier today (April 5), İmamoğlu shared the following information regarding the latest situation in İstanbul:

• There is a margin of 18 thousand 742 votes between two candidates.
• 119 thousand 650 votes in total have been declared invalid.
• After the invalid votes are recounted, 2 thousand 184 votes have been added to the AKP and 758 new votes have been added to the CHP.

İmamoğlu on April 1: Margin is 27 thousand 417

In a statement that he made on April 1, İmamoğlu stated,

"The figure announced by the Supreme Election Council (YSK) for me is 4,136,647 and the figure announced for my rival is 4,109,230, which means that the difference is 27 thousand 417."

YSK Chair: Judicial process has started

* Photograph: Gökhan Balcı / Ankara - AA

YSK Chair Sadi Güven has answered the questions of journalists earlier today. Underlining that the Supreme Election Council has two duties regarding the elections, one is the judicial and the other one is related to preparing and running the elections, Güven has stated,

"After the elections came to an end, the duty of the YSK regarding the judiciary has begun. It is exactly what we are doing right now.

"As the YSK, 11 members of supreme court convene to evaluate and make judgements on appeals brought to them.

"While we are making these decisions, representatives from the AK Party, CHP, MHP, HDP and İYİ Party, which are entitled to have representatives in this decision-making process, attend these meetings and contribute to the committee by expressing their opinions. The committee concludes the files submitted to it in this way. This process is still continuing." (PT/SD)