Mersin’s election 2014

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 Mersin

Marginal CHP mayoralty
AK Party target

The structure of Turkish local government was radically changed ahead of this election.

Before 2014, a municipality’s borders did not necessarily overlap with the borders of its host province. Often the biggest municipality covered only the province’s central district (coloured teal on the map), which tended to correspond to the main urban area.

For the 2014 election, municipal borders in Turkey’s 30 largest provinces — known as büyükşehir — were enlarged to overlap precisely with the province borders.

This added all other districts in the province (coloured grey on the map) and new demographic to the electoral roll. People living in smaller towns, villages and rural areas found themselves voting for the main city’s mayor — in addition to their existing local mayor — for the first time.

stone-olddis Old districts  641,946 voters

Mersin voters: old district

stone-olddis New districts in 2014 544,042 voters

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All districts in 2014 1,185,988 voters
1 figure = 25,000 voters. All numbers correct on 1 March.
2009 results by district type

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Mayor before the election

Mahit Özcan (CHP)

Province assembly, 2009
MHP
24/60
AK Party
18/60
CHP
14/60
DTP
4/60
Predicted 2014 result

Too close to call

2014 mayoral results
 PartyCandidateVotes%
AK PartyMehmet Sekmen [ELECTED]236,88658.85
MHPKamil Aydın116,49428.94
BDPCüneyt Laloğlu25,0966.23
CHPAbdulkadir Demirci6,2971.56
SPFaik Çalık9,3312.32
DPKemal Akın1,2910.32

Other parties

7,160
1.78

Invalid votes

14,177

Turnout

416,73286.24

Registered voters

483,198
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