Manisa’s election 2014

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Manisa

Marginal MHP 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 pre-2014 257,477 voters

Manisa voters: old district

stone-olddis New districts in 2014 738,320 voters

Manisa voters: new district

All districts in 2014 995,797 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

Cengiz Ergün (MHP)

Province assembly, 2009
AK Party
38/63
MHP
17/63
CHP
8/63
2014 mayoral result
 PartyCandidateVotes%
MHPCengiz Ergün [ELECTED]354,94440.11
AK PartyHüseyin Tanrıverdi324,90336.71
CHPÖzgür Özel161,77018.28
HDPLeyla Karalük - Muhammed Hamdullah Müftüoğlu (joint ticket)21,7902.46
SPCemil Bağcı6,8000.77
DPEsin Bahadır3,5220.4

Other parties

33,0293.73

Invalid votes

43,486

Turnout

928,45493.19

Registered voters

996,258
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