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Presidential and parliamentary electoral process continues without any issues in Türkiye - official

Türkiye Materials 14 May 2023 12:23 (UTC +04:00)
Presidential and parliamentary electoral process continues without any issues in Türkiye - official
Humay Aghajanova
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 14. The presidential and parliamentary electoral process in Türkiye continues to date without any problems, Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Council (CEC) Ahmet Yener said, Trend reports.

"There were no changes in the list of candidates. Despite the withdrawal of the chairman of the Fatherland party, Muharrem Ince's candidacy, citizens will be able to vote for him," Yener said.

Türkiye is holding presidential and parliamentary elections today.

Turkish President, Head of Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Fatherland Union candidate Sinan Ogan and Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Kemal Kilicdarogu stand as candidates in the elections.

In addition, 600 deputies in 87 constituencies will be elected to the Turkish Grand National Assembly. 24 parties and 151 independent candidates participate in the elections.

Türkiye has over 191,000 ballot boxes installed. There are 60,697,843 registered voters in the country. About 5 million of them are voting for the first time.

Voting will begin at 08:00 (GMT+3) and will last until 17:00 (GMT+3). Chairman of the Supreme Electoral Council (CEC) Ahmet Yener said that the preliminary results will be announced on the same day.

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